POLICE searching for a missing man have found a body in Blackburn

Officers discovered a man’s body in a wooded area close to Royal Blackburn Hospital at around 5pm yesterday.

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While the body has yet to be identified, it is believed to be David Sutton, who went missing from Royal Blackburn Hospital on August 18.

Next of kin have been informed.

The death is currently being treated as unexplained and is not thought to be suspicious