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| Brooke Morris: Body found in search for missing rugby player | Brooke Morris: Body found in search for missing rugby player |
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| A body has been found in the search for 22-year-old Brooke Morris, police have confirmed. | A body has been found in the search for 22-year-old Brooke Morris, police have confirmed. |
| Ms Morris, from Trelewis, Merthyr Tydfil, disappeared after being given a lift home from the town centre in the early hours of Saturday. | Ms Morris, from Trelewis, Merthyr Tydfil, disappeared after being given a lift home from the town centre in the early hours of Saturday. |
| Police officers carrying out searches of rivers and waterways near the town have located the body of a woman in a stretch of the River Taff. | Police officers carrying out searches of rivers and waterways near the town have located the body of a woman in a stretch of the River Taff. |
| Formal identification has not taken place but her family has been informed. | Formal identification has not taken place but her family has been informed. |
| South Wales Police said her family was being supported by specialist officers. | |
| Ms Morris was last seen at about 02:30 BST on Saturday after a night out, wearing a long-sleeved red top and jeans. | Ms Morris was last seen at about 02:30 BST on Saturday after a night out, wearing a long-sleeved red top and jeans. |
| Police believe the rugby player did not go inside her house and instead went down a lane that leads towards a bridge that goes into Treharris. | |
| Hundreds of people from the area, some on scrambler bikes or with dogs, had joined the search, co-ordinated from Treharris Phoenix RFC. | Hundreds of people from the area, some on scrambler bikes or with dogs, had joined the search, co-ordinated from Treharris Phoenix RFC. |
| Police say the body was found in the River Taff downstream of Treharris. | Police say the body was found in the River Taff downstream of Treharris. |