Wenhaston: Police Confirm Body Was Found While Searching For Missing Man

25 October 2013, 14:29 | Updated: 25 October 2013, 14:48

Police have confirmed they were looking for a missing teenager when they found a body in Wenhaston near Halesworth.

Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a person after a body was discovered in Wenhaston yesterday afternoon.

At around 1:10pm an officer went to the home of missing 18-year-old Miller Redpath as part of their enquiries into his disappearance.

But, whilst searching the premises a body was found in an overgrown rear garden.

The body hasn't yet been formally identified and the death is still being treated as unexplained.

A Home Office post-mortem examination is due to take place this afternoon.

Miller has been missing since August. Officers are still at the home and specialist trained officers are supporting Miller’s mother.