Police searching for missing Blackburn man find a body (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Police searching for missing Blackburn man find a body
4:55pm Thursday 18th October 2012 in Blackburn
Andrew O’Neill
POLICE hunting for a missing man in Blackburn have found a body.
Andrew O’Neill, 42, of Fielding Crescent, had not been seen since Sunday.
His body was found in the Leeds Liverpool canal this morning by police after it was spotted by a fisherman.
A police spokesman said: "At around 11:00am this morning police were called by a man who was fishing on the canal at Gladstone Terrace at Cherry Tree to say that he had found the body of a man.
Two oficers attended and the body was recovered. Alth formal identification has yet to take place.
It is believed his family have been informed.
"At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries are continuing to establish how he died.”
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jogalot
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6:46pm Thu 18 Oct 12
rityres
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6:46pm Thu 18 Oct 12
fleece96
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Driver Boy
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shinystar
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12:08am Fri 19 Oct 12
UKdarran
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7:41am Fri 19 Oct 12
R.I.P Andy.
Condolences to his family...
UKdarran
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7:41am Fri 19 Oct 12
missmouse79
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9:18am Fri 19 Oct 12
RIP Andy xx
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6:45pm Thu 18 Oct 12