Missing person found dead after urgent search operation in Wiltshire

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A missing person was found dead during an urgent search operation in Wiltshire.

Wiltshire Police launched a major operation to find a man who disappeared from an address in Bull Lane in Crockerton, near Warminster, on Sunday (15 October).

Searches were carried out during the daytime and into the evening – with the National Police Air Service helicopter circling the area at 8.30pm.

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Wiltshire Search and Rescue (WILSAR) volunteers, supported by other search charities from Hampshire and the Avon and Somerset area, were tasked with locating the missing person.

A specially-trained search dog called Maya located the man deceased – and volunteers, with police officers, worked to recover his body.

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