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Police seek help to identify body found in river

Danny Fullbrook
BBC News, Hertfordshire
Stephen McKay/Geograph A dark green river runs through a town. A tow path is running along the right side. A three storey white building lines the other side. A concrete bridge is connecting both sides in the distance.Stephen McKay/Geograph
The man's body was found in the River Stort in Bishop's Stortford by a member of the public

Police are seeking information after a man's body was found in a river.

A pair of young canoeists called Hertfordshire Police after finding the body in the River Stort in Bishop's Stortford at about 11:45 GMT on 23 March.

Officers have been unable to identify the man, who was in his 20s.

"This is a very sad case because we still do not know who this man is, or what his story was," said Det Sgt Thomas Nash.

Hertfordshire Police A black hoodie has a blue square on the front and the Adidas shuttlecock logo.Hertfordshire Police
Hertfordshire Police has released a photo of the type of hoodie the man was wearing

"We believe his body may have been in the undergrowth for a considerable period of time and our main priority is to trace this man's family so they can lay him to rest."

The death is being treated as non-suspicious but unexplained.

Police described the man as being of medium build, with facial hair and about 5ft 10in (1.78m) tall.

He was wearing a black Adidas hoodie, dark grey Nike Air tracksuit bottoms and black Adidas trainers.

Anyone with information has been urged to contact Hertfordshire Police.

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