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| Police searching for missing teenager Kayleigh Haywood say they have found a body in a field in Leicestershire. | Police searching for missing teenager Kayleigh Haywood say they have found a body in a field in Leicestershire. |
| The 15-year-old, from Measham, has not been seen since about 18:00 GMT on Friday when she was dropped off outside Ibstock Community College. | The 15-year-old, from Measham, has not been seen since about 18:00 GMT on Friday when she was dropped off outside Ibstock Community College. |
| Officers made the discovery in a field in Ibstock at about 22:00 on Wednesday. Formal identification has yet to take place. | |
| Two men, aged 27 and 28, are being questioned on suspicion of murder. | |
| Ch Supt David Sandall said: "Kayleigh's family are aware of the discovery and inquiries are continuing." | |
| Speaking before the body was found, he said officers "feared the worst" and were "increasingly concerned for Kayleigh's safety". | |
| 'Family incomplete' | |
| Police have said that the previous discovery of the schoolgirl's mobile phone and belongings, alongside other information, made them believe she had been killed. | |
| Two men who were arrested on Monday on suspicion of kidnap were later rearrested on suspicion of murder. They remain in police custody. | |
| Police said they had searched several locations for the missing teenager, including Sence Valley Forest Park, Ibstock and a field off Ashby Road, in Belton, Leicestershire. | |
| Mr Sandall has urged anyone who was in the Diseworth or Belton areas between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning to contact the force. | |
| In a statement released on Wednesday, Kayleigh's parents Stephanie Haywood and Martin Whitby said her disappearance was "breaking their hearts" and they were "shedding tear after tear". | |
| "We love Kayleigh so much and without her our family is incomplete," the statement said. | |
| "A big part of our lives has gone." | |
| Kayleigh's disappearance | |
| Friday 13 November | |
| Kayleigh is dropped off at 18:00 GMT by her family outside Ibstock Community College to spend an evening with friends. | |
| Saturday 14 November | |
| Kayleigh contacts her family on Saturday morning, according to police. | |
| Det Ch Supt David Sandall says: "We have been trying to piece together her last movements and we believe she may have been in the Sence Valley Forest Park area on Saturday afternoon." | |
| Monday 16 November | |
| Two men, aged 27 and 28, are arrested in connection with Kayleigh's disappearance on suspicion of kidnap. Police made the arrests in the early hours. | |
| Police cordon off a house in Baker's Croft and make an urgent appeal for witnesses as they grow increasingly concerned over Kayleigh's disappearance. | |
| Tuesday 17 November | |
| The entrance to Sence Valley Forest Park is cordoned off. A forensic tent is erected and a tactical support team is brought in. | |
| Police say Kayleigh's phone has been found by a member of the public. | |
| Kayleigh's parents, Stephanie Haywood and Martin Whitby, make an appeal in the hope of finding their daughter. | |
| Police are given a further 36 hours to hold and question the two arrested men. | |
| Wednesday 18 November | |
| The search of Sence Valley Forest Park resumes. | |
| Police activity moves to the Belton area, less than 10 miles away from the park, where a tent is erected. | |
| At 13:00, police announce they are treating Kayleigh's disappearance as murder, and the two men have been rearrested on suspicion of murder. | |
| Cordons remain in place at the park and the search is widened to other areas including Belton and Diseworth. | |
| A body is discovered in a field in Ibstock at about 22:00. |