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| Police in Hertfordshire searching for a 13-year-old boy missing since Christmas Eve have found a body. | Police in Hertfordshire searching for a 13-year-old boy missing since Christmas Eve have found a body. |
| Jordan Trowsdale, from Bishop's Stortford, was last seen at the town's skate park in The Causeway at about 1745 GMT on Thursday. | Jordan Trowsdale, from Bishop's Stortford, was last seen at the town's skate park in The Causeway at about 1745 GMT on Thursday. |
| A body was found in the River Stort earlier but it has not yet been formally identified. | |
| Police said the body was believed to be that of Jordan. The death is not being treated as suspicious. | |
| Officers and volunteers had earlier stepped up a search of the town and the surrounding area. | Officers and volunteers had earlier stepped up a search of the town and the surrounding area. |
| The River Stort was searched by police dive teams | |
| A Hertfordshire Police spokeswoman said: "Officers and volunteer search teams involved in the search for missing teenager Jordan can now confirm that they have recovered a body from the River Stort. | |
| "The body was found by specialist search teams at around 1313 GMT. | |
| "It will take some time before the identity of the deceased can be confirmed although it is very likely to be that of Jordan. | |
| "However, until that is done the investigation into his disappearance will still continue." | |
| The spokeswoman said a family liaison officer was with the 13-year-old's relatives. |