Police searching for missing man from Buckhurst Hill find body

A body was found in Knighton Woods on Monday (Credit: Google Maps)

Police officers looking for a missing man from Buckhurst Hill have suspended their search after a body was found.  

Dean Parker, 32, was reported missing from the area at around 9.35pm on Saturday, 25 September. 

Officers found a man’s body, believed to be Dean, in Knighton Woods yesterday afternoon. 

“He has not been formally identified but Dean’s family have been told,” said a spokesperson for Essex Police. 

“The man’s death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.”

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