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| Missing Natasha police find body | Missing Natasha police find body |
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| Police searching for a missing teenager have found a body near a railway line after a report from a train driver. | |
| Natasha Coombs, 17, has not been seen since boarding a train from Ipswich in Suffolk to her home in Dovercourt, Essex, on 27 July. | Natasha Coombs, 17, has not been seen since boarding a train from Ipswich in Suffolk to her home in Dovercourt, Essex, on 27 July. |
| Essex Police said a body was found on Friday a mile south of Manningtree railway station in Essex, where Natasha is believed to have got off the train. | |
| A spokesman said the body, thought to be a woman, had not been identified. | A spokesman said the body, thought to be a woman, had not been identified. |
| Station reopened | |
| Essex police confirmed the body was found a mile down the line on the London side of Manningtree in undergrowth next to the railway line. | Essex police confirmed the body was found a mile down the line on the London side of Manningtree in undergrowth next to the railway line. |
| The station was closed to passengers on Friday evening. | The station was closed to passengers on Friday evening. |
| It has now reopened and trains are running as normal, though British Transport Police said there could be some disruption if officers needed to carry out further work at the scene. | It has now reopened and trains are running as normal, though British Transport Police said there could be some disruption if officers needed to carry out further work at the scene. |
| Police officers are preventing members of the public entering a road in Lawford, which is where the discovery of a body was made. | Police officers are preventing members of the public entering a road in Lawford, which is where the discovery of a body was made. |
| The scene, which is near a railway bridge, is being guarded by officers. | The scene, which is near a railway bridge, is being guarded by officers. |
| Police cordon | Police cordon |
| A spokeswoman for Essex police said: "We have yet to remove the body from the scene and identification is unlikely to take place today. | A spokeswoman for Essex police said: "We have yet to remove the body from the scene and identification is unlikely to take place today. |
| "The police cordon around the area is likely to stay in place for the foreseeable future." | |
| Natasha had been out for a meal with friends in Ipswich on the night she went missing. | Natasha had been out for a meal with friends in Ipswich on the night she went missing. |
| She had separated from her boyfriend two weeks before, which police believe she might have been upset about on the night she disappeared. | She had separated from her boyfriend two weeks before, which police believe she might have been upset about on the night she disappeared. |
| Earlier her former boyfriend Joshua Brennan, 18, made an appeal for help to find her. | Earlier her former boyfriend Joshua Brennan, 18, made an appeal for help to find her. |