Northumbria Police confirmed a body has been found in the search for missing Throckley man Kris Butler.
Though the body has yet to be formally identified, officers believe it to be Kris, 40, who went missing from his home in the Newcastle suburb on Saturday afternoon. Police had previously appealed for help searching for Kris.
There is not, police said, thought to be any third party involvement in the death, and a report is now being prepared for the coroner. Kris had last been seen taking his two dogs for a walk in the vicinity of his Throckley home.