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| Body found in missing pair search | Body found in missing pair search |
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| Officers searching for a missing mother and her vulnerable son say they have found a body. | Officers searching for a missing mother and her vulnerable son say they have found a body. |
| Heather Wardle, 39, of Redditch, Worcestershire, went missing with James Hughes on Friday evening. | Heather Wardle, 39, of Redditch, Worcestershire, went missing with James Hughes on Friday evening. |
| Ms Wardle, whose son is 22 but has the mental age of an 18-month-old, had said she was going to a friend's home. | Ms Wardle, whose son is 22 but has the mental age of an 18-month-old, had said she was going to a friend's home. |
| West Mercia Police officers were searching Arrow Valley Country Park in the town overnight. The body has not yet been identified. | West Mercia Police officers were searching Arrow Valley Country Park in the town overnight. The body has not yet been identified. |
| Police had appealed to the mother to get in touch, saying her partner, Brian Kirby, and her other three children were very worried. | Police had appealed to the mother to get in touch, saying her partner, Brian Kirby, and her other three children were very worried. |
| Out of character | Out of character |
| Mr Kirby had been due to make a public appeal on Tuesday for her to get in touch, but the press conference was postponed in the light of "developments" overnight, police said. | |
| Ms Wardle is said to have been "under pressure" recently, police said.Officers have been searching in Arrow Valley Country Park | |
| She had not taken her handbag or mobile telephone with her. | She had not taken her handbag or mobile telephone with her. |
| Officers said the pair had not gone missing before and their disappearance was totally out of character. | Officers said the pair had not gone missing before and their disappearance was totally out of character. |
| Mr Hughes, who needs constant care, has epilepsy and uses a wheelchair. | Mr Hughes, who needs constant care, has epilepsy and uses a wheelchair. |
| He is described as white, 5ft 4ins tall, thin, with short mousy hair and looks younger than his age. His mother is white, with shoulder-length dark brown hair. She was possibly wearing jeans and trainers. | He is described as white, 5ft 4ins tall, thin, with short mousy hair and looks younger than his age. His mother is white, with shoulder-length dark brown hair. She was possibly wearing jeans and trainers. |
| Det Insp John Marsden said: "Several witnesses have told us they saw a woman pushing someone in a wheelchair in the country park on Saturday afternoon but we have not been able to confirm that this was James and Heather. | |
| "We are also carrying out house-to-house inquiries and speaking to Heather's friends and associates." |