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27/07/2015
Body Found In Hunt For Missing Boy
A body has been found following the search for a missing 7-year-old boy in South Yorkshire.
Officers searching for Conley Thompson made the discovery on a construction site on Bank End Road in the Worsbrough area of Barnsley.
The body was found at approximately 8:30am.
While formal identification is yet to take place, South Yorkshire Police have said it is believed to be that of Conley.
Detective Inspector Victoria Short said: "We deployed our full resources with officers searching throughout the night to find Conley and we are deeply saddened by this tragic development.
"While it is early in the investigation, the death is being treated as unexplained and a post-mortem will take place in due course."
Conley, of Underwood Avenue, Worsbrough, was last scene in Locke Park, at approximately 8pm on 26 July.
Police were alerted after he failed to return home from the park where he had been playing with his friends.
(LM)
Officers searching for Conley Thompson made the discovery on a construction site on Bank End Road in the Worsbrough area of Barnsley.
The body was found at approximately 8:30am.
While formal identification is yet to take place, South Yorkshire Police have said it is believed to be that of Conley.
Detective Inspector Victoria Short said: "We deployed our full resources with officers searching throughout the night to find Conley and we are deeply saddened by this tragic development.
"While it is early in the investigation, the death is being treated as unexplained and a post-mortem will take place in due course."
Conley, of Underwood Avenue, Worsbrough, was last scene in Locke Park, at approximately 8pm on 26 July.
Police were alerted after he failed to return home from the park where he had been playing with his friends.
(LM)
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