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A body found by police searching for a missing teenager has been recovered from near a railway line. | |
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. | 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 post-mortem examination is expected to take place later on Saturday. | |
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 after a report from a passing train driver. | |
The station was closed to passengers on Friday evening. | The station was closed to passengers on Friday evening. |
Police cordoned off the area near where the body was found | |
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. |
The body, thought to be that of a woman, was recovered by police despite "hazardous" conditions, a spokesperson said. | |
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. |