Police Scotland hunting for 16-year-old boy find body in local park
Police in central Scotland hunting for 16-year-old boy missing for two days say they have found a body in a local park
- Santino Hogan, 16, left his home in Glenfarg, Perth and Kinross at 6pm on Friday
- Police Scotland launched a hunt for the teenager and today found a body in park
- Formal identification is due to take place but officers believe it is ‘Sonny’
Police today found a body during a search for a missing 16-year-old in Perth and Kinross after he disappeared two days ago.
Santino Hogan, known to his friends and family as ‘Sonny’, left his home in Glenfarg, Perth and Kinross at around 6pm on Friday.
Police Scotland said officers found a body in a local park at 2pm and believe it to be Sonny – though formal identification is yet to take place.
A spokesperson for Tayside Police Division said: ‘Around 2pm on Sunday 17 January the body of a male was found in a park in Glenfarg.
Santino Hogan, known to his friends and family as ‘Sonny’, left his home in Glenfarg, Perth and Kinross at around 6pm on Friday. Police Scotland said officers found a body in a local park at 2pm and believe it to be Sonny – though formal identification is yet to take place
A spokesperson for Tayside Police Division said: ‘Around 2pm on Sunday 17 January the body of a male was found in a park in Glenfarg’ (Pictured, Greenbank Road, Glenfarg)
‘The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
‘Formal identification is yet to take place however it is believed to be 16-year-old Santino Hogan who had been reported missing from his home in Glenfarg.
‘His family have been made aware.’
Police had earlier published a description of Sonny and asked members of the public to check their sheds and garages for the teenager.
Police Constable Mike Brown said: ‘We are continuing to carry out enquiries to find Sonny and are asking members of the public to check any outbuildings they may have, in case he has tried to find shelter overnight.
‘Specialist search officers, with the assistance of our trained police dogs are also carrying out searches in the area.
‘We would ask members of the public who are out in the area walking their own dogs to please keep them on a lead so as not to distract from the search.
‘It is completely out of character for Sonny to not return home and therefore as more time passes, his family are growing increasingly concerned.’
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