Police identify Ryde body

By a County Press reporter

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

 

A BODY found in Ryde this afternoon (Wednesday) has been identified as that of Sam Perkis, who had been missing since Sunday.

The body was found in the Playstreet Lane area at about noon.

The death is not being treated as suspicious, a police spokesman said.

The family of Mr Perkis, 25, of Pell Lane, Ryde, have been informed and a  post-mortem is due to take place later this week. An inquest is due to be opened in due course, police said.

A spokesman said: "Officers would like to thank members of the public and the media for their assistance with the search for Mr Perkis."

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