Richard Okorogheye latest updates – Body found in Epping Forest pond during hunt for missing student as family informed

COPS hunting for a missing teenager have found a man’s body in an Epping Forest pond.

Richard Okorogheye, 19, disappeared two weeks ago after taking a taxi to Epping Forest having told his mum he was “struggling to cope” with lockdown.

The body of a man was found in a pond in Epping Forest, the Met was informed by Essex Police yesterday afternoon.

Richard’s family has been told of the tragic discovery and are being supported by specialist officers.

Yesterday the Oxford Brookes student’s mum, Evidence Joel, told My London: “Oh God, they said the description matches his, but we’ll go in tomorrow to find out.”

Richard, who has sickle cell disease, was last seen by his family on March 22 after leaving his home in Ladbroke Grove, West London.

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