{"id":102146,"date":"2025-05-15T00:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T00:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/102146\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T00:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T00:27:10","slug":"body-found-in-search-for-missing-teenage-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/102146\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found in search for missing teenage boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Athrun went missing while on a family holiday<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_north-wales.png\" alt=\"Athrun, 16, went missing from Llandudno\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Athrun, 16, went missing from Llandudno(Image: North Wales Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A body has been found during the search for a missing boy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The discovery was made four days after Arhrun, 16, was last seen during a family holiday in Llandudno, Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The teenager, from Gloucestershire, was reported missing on Saturday, May 10, and a search was launched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/drug-dealer-lee-lynch-jailed-26606686\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Dealer jailed after being caught with \u00a3420-worth of crack cocaine and heroin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A body was found off the Welsh coast today, Wednesday, May 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It was yet to be formally identified, but Athrun&#8217;s family were informed and were being supported by specially trained officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for North Wales Police said: &#8220;A body has been recovered this evening during searches for missing 16-year-old Athrun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Multi-agency searches resumed this evening, Wednesday May 14, in the West Shore area of Llandudno following sighting of a body on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Searches conducted by the police underwater search team, NPAS and coastguard resulted in a body being recovered today at 6.20pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object] Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong> <\/a><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Formal identification is yet to take place, but Athrun\u2019s family have been informed and are being supported by officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The death is not being treated as suspicious, and the coroner has been informed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Chief Insp Trystan Bevan said the family had asked for privacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He said: \u201cMy deepest condolences remain with Athrun\u2019s family, and I would ask for their privacy to be respected at this incredibly sad and difficult time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThis is not the outcome anyone hoped for, and I would once again like to thank partner agencies and members of the public for their overwhelming support and tireless assistance with the searches over the last five days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Athrun was from the south Gloucestershire area and had last been seen close to the boating lake and playpark wearing blue and white patterned swim shorts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Athrun went missing while on a family holidayAthrun, 16, went missing from Llandudno(Image: North Wales Police) A 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