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Police appeal for help to identify body found in river at Bideford

Police are appealing for the public’s help to identify a man who was found deceased at Bideford this week.

Officers were called at 2.15pm on Monday 27 March after the man’s body was found in the River Torridge at Bideford.

Detectives are now working to establish who he may be and to locate his next of kin. They have eliminated any known local missing people from their...

Locate International seek to identify man found dead in a wetsuit in the Channel

Charity behind ‘The Missing’ podcast is investigating the death of the man in September last year.

A body found far into the English Channel wearing a wetsuit: can you help solve the mystery of Salcombe Man?

Volunteer investigators with Locate International are looking for the public’s help in identifying the man, whose body was found on Thursday, 23 September 2021....

Police investigation after man's body found in Plymouth

Police investigating the sudden death of a 25-year-old man in Plymouth are appealing for information.

Officers were called to Valletort Flats, Stonehouse, at 6.10pm on Wednesday 8 June following the discovery of the local man’s body inside one of the properties.

His next of kin has been informed but formal identification has not yet been carried out.

Officers are...

Man found dead in car in Bretonside

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man’s body was found on the back seat of a car in Plymouth.

A member of the public reported the discovery of the 44-year-old local man’s body to police at around 2.10pm on Tuesday 10 May.

A dog was also found on the front seat of the red Nissan Juke that was parked outside The Swallow pub at Bretonside.

Officers attended the...

Body found believed to be missing junior doctor Rose Polge

Police believe the body of a woman found in the sea off Portland in Dorset could be that of missing Torbay Hospital junior doctor Rose Polge.

A Devon and Cornwall Police statement said: "On Friday the 1st April, a woman's body was recovered from the sea east of Portland Headland, Dorset.

"Police are currently working on the belief that the body is that of 25-year old missing...

Body recovered off Plymouth coast

Police are continuing to investigate after retrieving a body from the water, following reports that a small fishing vessel had sunk of the coast of Plymouth last week.

Police were informed by the Coastguard on Friday morning (10 July) that debris had been discovered off the coast of Plymouth, following reports that a scalloper fishing boat named ‘J.M.T’ had been reported missing at...

Body found at St Budeaux property

Detectives investigating the unexplained death of a 38-year-old man in Plymouth are appealing for information.

Police were called at 9.15am on Friday 29 May 2015 by a member of the public who was concerned for the welfare of a man at a property in Normandy Way, St Budeaux.

Officers attended the address where they located the man’s body. He has been identified as Robert...

Police launch murder investigation after body found in Plymouth

Detectives have launched a murder enquiry into the death of a 76-year-old old woman from Plymouth.

Police and ambulance were called to an address on Ashleigh Close, Tamerton Foliot in Plymouth at around 9.15am on Tuesday 5 May following reports of a disturbance at the property.

On arrival officers found the woman deceased and a 79-year-old man who was injured, in a collapsed...

Man's body recovered from water

Police were called to reports of a theft of a bicycle from Citadel Road East in Plymouth around 6.10am yesterday (12 October).

A man was located by police but he made off and was followed by officers into Sutton Wharf.

The man was seen by members of the public to enter the water close to The China House pub around 6.30am. He became trapped between a disused fishing vessel and...

Family appeal for information about Alan Jeal's death

Three months after Alan Jeal’s body was found on Perranporth beach, police have released new information in the hope it will assist with the investigation.

Alan’s body was discovered on Perranporth beach on Tuesday 25 February 2014 by a member of the public while out walking his dog at around 2pm. He was naked apart from wearing socks and one walking shoe.

Multiple injuries to...

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