Humberside Police have found a body during the search for a missing 15-year-old girl who was swept into the sea off the East Yorkshire coast.
Grace Keeling drowned in the water at Withernsea on 2 January. The mother, Sarah Keeling, 45, and a passerby, Mark Ratcliffe, died in an attempt to save her.
The police said emergency services made efforts to recover the body, which was located among rocks on the beach at Withernsea at about 08:30 GMT on Thursday, but were unable to do so because of tidal conditions and other factors.
Specialist officers have contacted Grace’s family and appealed to the public to refrain from speculation and respect the family’s privacy.
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Det Supt Simon Vickers revealed the discovery had followed 13 days of “extensive sebodyarches” adding that “officers and specialist teams have been working to explore every possible option in very complex circumstances to delicately recover the body.
“Due to tide times, conditions and the location, the recovery could not be immediately carried out and has therefore been paused until it is safe to resume” he added.
A large-scale search and rescue operation involving HM Coastguard, lifeboat crews and helicopters was initiated after emergency services received reports at about 15:00 GMT on 2 January.
Ratcliffe was later recovered from the sea in an unconscious state and was pronounced dead at the scene, while the body of Sarah Keeling was found later the same evening.
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