A body has been recovered from a river during the search for a 21-year-old man who has been missing for 19 days.
Nathan Fleetwood went missing after a night out in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. On the night of his disappearance, 27 March, he was sighted in Shrewsbury town centre at about 2.30am. He was last seen on Kingsland Bridge.
West Mercia Police said the body was found by West Mercia Search and Rescue in the River Severn on Friday. The force said formal identification had not yet taken place but the man’s family had been informed of the discovery.
Hundreds of people assisted in searches for Fleetwood, organised by his family and his friend Toby Owen.
In a post on the “Help Find Missing Nathan Fleetwood” Facebook group, which has amassed more than 8,900 members, Owen thanked the community for pulling together. He wrote: “Nathan, I just want you to know from the bottom of my heart, we all love you so much and did everything we possibly could to get you home safe.”
He added a message he said was from Fleetwood’s family, asking for “time and space” to come to terms with their loss.
Another post on the Facebook group, from Fleetwood’s mother, Carol, invited members of the community to join the family on Sunday, to “share stories and memories of our very special son”.
