Body found in search for missing 13-year-old boy who fell from Tower Bridge into the River Thames on his way to school
The body of a 13-year-old schoolboy missing after falling into the River Thames last Tuesday has been found by police.
The Ark Globe Academy pupil failed to show up at the school in Elephant and Castle, Southwark on April 20.
A City of London Police spokesperson said: ‘At around midday on Wednesday, April 28, a body was recovered from the River Thames by marine units which we believe to be that of a 13-year-old who has been missing since Tuesday April, 20.
‘His family have been informed but at this time formal identification has not yet taken place.’
A letter from the school principal, Matt Jones, told parents that the Year 8 pupil took a bus to school with his friend on Tuesday morning but got off at Tower Bridge, before his usual stop.
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