Body found in search for two-year-old boy who fell into river in Leicester

Xielo Maruziva was described by his father at the time he went missing as a ‘bundle of joy to us’. Photograph: Leicestershire Police/PA

A body has been found in the search for a two-year-old boy who fell into a river more than three months ago.

Xielo Maruziva fell into the River Soar on 18 February while walking along a towpath in Aylestone Meadows, a nature reserve in Leicester, where the river had flooded due to heavy rain.