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| Body found in search for missing student Matthew Jordan | Body found in search for missing student Matthew Jordan |
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| Police searching for missing student Matthew Jordan have found a man's body in the water at Windermere. | Police searching for missing student Matthew Jordan have found a man's body in the water at Windermere. |
| Officers spotted the body at 10:19 BST. | Officers spotted the body at 10:19 BST. |
| Formal identification has not yet taken place, but Cumbria Police said the student's family have been notified. | Formal identification has not yet taken place, but Cumbria Police said the student's family have been notified. |
| The 20-year-old, of Middlesbrough, was last seen early on 27 March in Bowness-on-Windermere after becoming separated from friends on a night out. About 1,000 volunteers have taken part in search efforts. | |
| His parents, Clare and Bob Jordan, have been distributing leaflets in the town. | |
| They described his disappearance as their "worst nightmare" and had asked boat owners to help search Windermere. | |
| Mrs Jordan said last week: "So many people have taken Matthew to their hearts, we can't thank them enough. | |
| "No matter what the outcome, and even if he isn't alive, we just need to find him. | |
| "All we want to do is take Matthew home with us." | |
| CCTV images had shown Matthew leaving the Stag's Head pub in Bowness and heading towards the Lake Road promenade. | CCTV images had shown Matthew leaving the Stag's Head pub in Bowness and heading towards the Lake Road promenade. |
| After returning to the pub, he was shown heading along Church Street at 00:44 GMT - his last confirmed sighting. | After returning to the pub, he was shown heading along Church Street at 00:44 GMT - his last confirmed sighting. |
| A Facebook page set up to publicise the search operation has more than 4,000 members. | |
| About 6ft tall, of medium build, with dark brown hair, Matthew was wearing a navy long-sleeved shirt, jeans and grey pull-up boots when he disappeared. | |
| At a press conference two weeks ago, Cumbria Police revealed his mobile phone battery had been flat on the night of his disappearance and his requests for a charger, a taxi and a room for the night from a "local establishment" had gone unheeded. |