Post-mortem due on body in forest

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A post-mortem examination is due on a body found in the New Forest during a search for a missing Hampshire girl.

Police said the identity of the body would be released after the results of the examination on Monday evening.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Rosemary Edwards, 15, have told her parents of the discovery.

Walkers found the body at Bartley in the New Forest on Sunday evening. Police said there was no indication the death was suspicious.

The discovery came days after a £100,000 reward was offered in the search for Rosemary.

The teenager from Dibden Purlieu was last seen when she left the family home on 4 September. Police said she had left after a family argument.

'Desperate to help'

On Friday Southampton-based CCTV company Tecton, where Rosemary's father David works as a consultant, offered the reward for information leading to her safe return.

Chris Hall, managing director of Tecton, said: "We are desperate to do anything we can to help David and his family find Rosemary.

"I would urge anyone who may be able to help to contact police with information."

There have been more than 50 sightings in several parts of the country of a girl matching Rosemary's description.