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Missing Noah Found Dead

15 Sep to 19 Sep
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"Noah was the sweetest and most innocent little boy, with nothing but love to give, and we are going to miss him so very much," his father Rhys Woods wrote in a post on Facebook.

What happened

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Suffolk Police said on Thursday that the body of the child recovered by police divers had been formally identified as Noah, subject to confirmation at formal inquest proceedings.

3 of 5 outletsfirst reported 17 Sepwording from BBC

Town defender Leif Davis donated £2,000 to the fundraising appeal set up to support Noah’s family and captain Dara O’Shea and goalkeeper Christian Walton were among the club delegation who laid flowers at the playground where he went missing.

3 of 5 outletsfirst reported 19 Sepwording from Evening Standard

"This was the most heartbreaking outcome for us, we were just hoping that he would be hiding somewhere obvious where someone could find him, that's what we kept telling ourselves the whole time."

4 of 5 outletsfirst reported 17 Sepwording from BBC

Noah, three, vanished after becoming separated from a relative in Merriam Close, Brantham, on Tuesday afternoon

3 of 5 outletsfirst reported 15 Sepwording from Daily Mail

Analysis

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How it changed

  1. 15 Sep

    Noah, three, vanished after becoming separated from a relative in Merriam Close, Brantham, on Tuesday afternoon

    3 outlets · Daily Mail
  2. 16 Sep

    Superintendent Tom Pearse from Suffolk Constabulary said dive teams recovered the body of a child, believed to be Noah, from Decoy Pond this afternoon.

    3 outlets · Daily Mail
  3. 17 Sep

    "Noah was the sweetest and most innocent little boy, with nothing but love to give, and we are going to miss him so very much," his father Rhys Woods wrote in a post on Facebook.

    5 outlets · BBC
  4. 18 Sep

    The force said that his death was not being treated as suspicious but that police still have a number of inquiries to complete before submitting a file for the coroner.

    2 outlets · Evening Standard
  5. 19 Sep

    Town defender Leif Davis donated £2,000 to the fundraising appeal set up to support Noah’s family and captain Dara O’Shea and goalkeeper Christian Walton were among the club delegation who laid flowers at the playground where he went missing.

    3 outlets · Evening Standard

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