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Police divers find bodies of missing father and son in Yorkshire river | Police divers find bodies of missing father and son in Yorkshire river |
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Police divers have found the bodies of a father and son who went missing after going magnet fishing. | |
Divers made the discovery in the River Calder, in the Cooper Bridge area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on Saturday evening. | Divers made the discovery in the River Calder, in the Cooper Bridge area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on Saturday evening. |
Police were alerted at about 11.20am on Saturday by a passerby who noticed that personal belongings including clothing, a mobile phone, a camera and car keys had been by the riverside for about 50 minutes, a West Yorkshire police spokesman said. | Police were alerted at about 11.20am on Saturday by a passerby who noticed that personal belongings including clothing, a mobile phone, a camera and car keys had been by the riverside for about 50 minutes, a West Yorkshire police spokesman said. |
Officers traced a car parked near the Pudsey area of Leeds where a woman confirmed that her 43-year-old husband and his 19-year-old son had gone out magnet fishing at 6.15am, he said. | Officers traced a car parked near the Pudsey area of Leeds where a woman confirmed that her 43-year-old husband and his 19-year-old son had gone out magnet fishing at 6.15am, he said. |
An extensive search was carried out in the area but there was no trace of the two men and police divers were called in, he added. | An extensive search was carried out in the area but there was no trace of the two men and police divers were called in, he added. |
Divers found the bodies at 7.22pm. | Divers found the bodies at 7.22pm. |
“The family are aware and inquiries are ongoing into how they ended up in the water,” the spokesman said. | “The family are aware and inquiries are ongoing into how they ended up in the water,” the spokesman said. |
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