Parents anguish after missing son found dead

Meridian
Sussex
France
Piers Hopson
Wednesday 27 June 2012 at 5:57pm

Roger and Dawn Hopson can now grieve for their son Credit: ITV Meridian

The parents of a man who went missing from a care home in Sussex want to know why his unidentified body has been lying in a French mortuary for the past two years.

Piers Hopson disappeared in January 2010. His remains were found in the sea eight months later, and taken to France. He has only just been positively identified.

Tonight Piers Hopson's parents while grieving for their son, are also asking: why did it take the French authorities so long to find out who he was? Charlotte Wilkins reports.