A shocking incident was noted in England, After finding a boy’s corpse while police were investigating a 12 -year -old man who disappeared yesterday, Saturday (16/8/2025) while swimming in a river.
The child disappeared yesterday afternoon in the Swale River in North Yorkshire, England, and police immediately launched an investigation to locate him.
Emergency services were notified of the disappearance of the child shortly after 5pm and rushed to the spot shortly afterwards.
According to the original reports, the child had entered the river and suddenly disappeared. Special groups, including North Yorkshire Fire and Mountaineering Services, searched the banks of the river in search of traces of the child.
During the investigations a corpse was found just before 11 pm Yesterday, Saturday, but official identification has not yet been done to make sure the corpse is 0 12 years.
The corpse was reportedly recovered from the water and an air ambulance arrived and left a little later. The boy’s family was immediately informed and now receive psychological support from experts.
The teams focused their research around the Richmond Falls, a series of waterfalls along the Swale River.
A body has been recovered from the River Swale in Richmond after a 12 year old boy went missing in the water last night. Police say they are not treating the death as suspicious. pic.twitter.com/z3oMZo04yj
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The corpse has not yet been identified, according to North Yorkshire police.
The child’s death is not considered a suspect and a police spokesman said: “After further investigations into the river, unfortunately the research groups pulled a child’s corpse from water at 10:45 pm. today. Emergency services are currently remaining at the site of the incident. We do not treat death as a suspect and we are not able to share further information right now. “