The police watchdog has issued a statement after a missing dad was found dead despite his relatives being told he was "alive and well". Police said that Lee Bowman, 44, from Ollerton, was "alive and well" on December 6 before his body was found on January 4 by South Yorkshire Police (SYP) officers in the Thurcroft area of Rotherham.
He had been living at Wellow Green homeless shelter in Newark when he went missing on the evening of October 31, 2021. However, days later SYP said that a missing person investigation had been launched following a report from Nottinghamshire Police that there had been sightings in the South Yorkshire area.
But SYP said enquiries established Mr Bowman was alive and well but that he did not wish to engage with police officers. "After the individual was located, and it was established he was alive and well, our investigation was closed," SYP said in early December.
