Family confirm body in river is missing Ben
Police searching for missing York man, Ben Clarkson, have found a body in the river near where he disappeared.
Police searching for missing York man, Ben Clarkson, have found a body in the river near where he disappeared.
Police searching for missing York man, Ben Clarkson, have traced one of the men they were looking to speak to in their enquiries.
The 18-year-old York man came forward after his image was released on Monday. He confirmed that he spoke with Ben in Fibbers and saw him outside the club at around 3am. He also confirmed that he is not the man who was seen walking along Layerthorpe at the same time as Ben.
Police are still looking for a man wearing a light coloured jacket with dark trousers and shoes who walked along Stonebow, towards the Foss Islands Road junction, on the opposite side of the road to Ben.
Ben has not been seen since Sunday 2 March.
Click here to see Ben's girlfriend appealing for information on his whearabouts
At around 11pm on Friday night police were called to Darley Avenue in Athersley to reports that a man had been stabbed.
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