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Luke Traynor

Tragic 15-year-old Liverpool Football fan's death 'not suspicious'

The death of a 15-year-old Liverpool fan whose body was found in water is not being treated as suspicious.

Tragic Elliot Burton was found in water, a month ago in the Eastmoor area of Wakefield in West Yorkshire.

It is believed the teenager drowned.

The teen, who supported Liverpool Football Club, was spotted submerged in water on Boundary Lane, on July 29.

A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police told The ECHO: "It is not believed there are any suspicious circumstances and a file has been passed to the coroner."

No date has been set for an inquest and a cause of death is yet to be established.

Boundary Lane in Wakefield near to where the boy's body was found submerged in water (Boundary Lane in Wakefield)

After he was found, a spokesperson for the family said they were "absolutely heartbroken."

In a statement the family wrote: "Elliot's family would like to thank everyone for all your support.

"I can now confirm that the body found this morning was Elliot.

"Rest in peace Elliot Burton."

Liverpool fan Elliot Burton, 15, who was found dead in water in Wakefield (examiner)

Emily Rusling, Elliot’s cousin, said: “My little cousin Elliot was found but yet he’s still missing - missing from our lives.

“Elliot was a kid who was loved by everyone who knew him.

“The real Elliot, the kind of kid who’d spend his afternoon cutting his neighbours hedge, for nothing!

“The kid who chatted away with the old dears, the kid who went to church with his nanna on Sundays.

“Our lives will never be the same now.

“I cannot describe the emotional torture that my family have been through in the past five days, but now we have some answers we can start to grieve and give Elliot the peace, respect and dignity that he deserves."

More than 300 people attended a vigil for Elliot at Wakefield Trinity’s Belle Vue home, where balloons and lanterns were released in his memory.

Elliot was also an avid Wakefield Trinity fan, and the club had shared the appeal on their social media in the days following his disappearance.

A number of signed Wakefield Trinity shirts were also left at the rugby stadium.

 
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