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Body found in lake during search for missing teen

BBC Blue and white police tape in woodland near the lake.BBC
Crown Lakes Country Park is on the edge of Peterborough

A body has been found during the search for a 16-year-old boy who went missing after getting into difficulty while swimming near Peterborough.

Emergency services were called to Crown Lakes, near Farcet, at 16:00 BST on Thursday, and a body was found in the lake just before midnight.

While formal identification is yet to take place, it is believed to be that of the missing boy, Cambridgeshire Police said.

The case will be handed to the coroner, it added.

Emma Baugh/BBC Mr Andrews-Mead is looking directly at the camera while outside in front of a lake. He has blue eyes, white hair and and is wearing a beige jacket and black polo shirt. Emma Baugh/BBC
Kevin Andrews-Mead said he could understand how people may be tricked into believing the water is safe, especially on a hot day

Walkers in the area said it was hard to believe something so tragic could have happened in "such a lovely place".

Kevin Andrews-Mead told the BBC: "It's such a lovely place, I can see how you could be tricked into believing it's safe... the water out there is so deep and cold.

"This is a place of joy where you come to walk your dog and be happy, a nice place.

"You don't expect that sort of thing to happen."

Emma Baugh/BBC Thompson is standing outside on some grass. She is wearing a baseball cap, black zip up jumper and gold earrings. She has long light brown hair that is blowing behind her in the wind. Emma Baugh/BBC
Amanda Thompson said she was shocked and saddened to see the police presence at the lakes

Amanda Thompson had been walking her dog when she saw the police tape and realised something had happened.

She said: "It's a shame really to come to a place like this and realise that something so tragic has actually happened, it's quite sad."

Emma Baugh/BBC Police tape across a metal gate and fence. The tape stretches across a sign reading 'welcome to Crown Lakes Country Park, Public Access Welcome'. Emma Baugh/BBC
The family of the 16-year-old boy have been informed that his body was recovered

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