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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Thomas George

Body found in search for missing Tyldesley teenager

A body has been found in the searching for a missing teenager.

Jack Parker was last seen at around 2.30pm on Tuesday (July 28) in Bodmin Road, in Tyldesley, Wigan.

A public appeal for help was issued yesterday evening as police were becoming 'increasingly concerned' about the 15-year-old's welfare.

Officers searching for the teenager announced on Wednesday morning that they had a found a body.

Formal identification has not yet taken place.

However, GMP say the death is not being treated as suspicious.

On Tuesday, concerned family members released a picture of the teenager, in the hope someone might recognise him.

He was described as white, 6ft 3ins tall, of slim build with a shaved head and brown eyes.

He was last seen wearing black Nike tracksuit bottoms, a navy blue ribbed coat, black Adidas torsion trainers with a red Adidas logo on the tongue.

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