Police find body of missing boy, 15, who was last seen in lake near Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex
- Essex Police said that the discovery was made shortly after 12.40pm on Saturday
- Police were called out on Friday night after reports a teenager had gone missing
- They rushed to Lakeside Shopping Centre and asked for the public to stay clear
- Police said boy's family has been told and formal identification will take place
Police have found the body of a teenager during a search for a 15-year-old boy who was last seen on a lake near Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex.
Essex Police said the discovery was made shortly after 12.40pm on Saturday and that they have suspended their search.
Officers were called out on Friday night after witnesses reported a teenager had gone missing at Lakeside Shopping Centre in Thurrock.
Police said the boy's family has been informed and formal identification will take place in due course.
Superintendent Craig Saunders said: 'I want to thank the local community for their patience, and all those involved who have helped with the investigation.'
Essex police rushed to the Alexandra Lake at the shopping centre at around 8.50pm on July 31 after reports the boy was missing.
Missing person last seen in Alexandra Lake in Essex at around 8.50pm yesterday was confirmed as a 15-year-old boy
Essex Police search the water and surrounding area for 13 year-old Alexander Lane who went missing yesterday evening near the Lakeside shopping centre at Grays in Essex
The missing person later was confirmed as a 15-year-old boy and police asked for people to avoid the area.
Aerial images taken at the scene show a large scale search being conducted.
Specialist search teams were called in to lead the hunt for the teen, who went missing on the water. The search was scaled down at around midnight last night.
The boy was believed to have entered the water at the Travelodge Lakeside site, where a brand new inflatable aqua park was built earlier this month.
The aqua park, which is said to be fully Covid-19 safe, contains slides and 'blast bags', which can fire youngsters dozens of feet into the air.
One witness told EssexLive yesterday that it felt eerie watching the search take place.
They described seeing emergency services using boats to search the water.
They said: 'I drove down after my wife saw loads of emergency services down here.
'There's a load of incident response teams here - loads of ambulances and fire trucks and specialist diving crews searching the river, which is just at the back of the Travelodge at Lakeside.
A lake close to Lakeside Shopping Centre in Thurrock, Essex, as a body has been found in the search for a 15-year-old boy after reports a teenager had gone missing in the area on Friday evening
'I overheard a conversation which appears to be a mother of somebody who was in the river,' another witness said.
'There's a sombre mood here. Everyone's got a job to do and they're doing it well emergency services-wise. It's quite eerie watching the boats go over the river carefully as they search.
'There was a helicopter over and they appear to still be searching. Officers are using torches.'
It came as the UK reported the third hottest day on record on Friday, with temperatures at Heathrow Airport reaching 37.8C.
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