13/08/2013

Body Discovered During Search For Missing Man

A body has been found by detectives investigating the disappearance of a man who was last seen running across a golf course in Essex.

47-year-old Michael Redmond of The Vale in Basildon was reported missing on 5 July after visiting a gym next to Club Kingswood.

Now police have found the body of a man in wooded undergrowth near the Basildon Golf Course.

Mr Redmond's family have been notified and a post-mortem will take place later.

(IT/CD)

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