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.
Flowers have been left in York for Ben Clarkson near to the spot where his body was found.
There had been no trace of Ben Clarkson, 22, since he was last seen leaving a nightclub in the city in the early hours of March 2.
Yesterday Friday March 21st 2014, police divers recovered the body of a man in the River Foss close to where Ben was last seen on CCTV. Police have not formally released the identity of the body, though Ben's girlfriend Rachel Peatfield, confirmed it was Ben.
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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