Body found in pond during search for missing partially deaf & non-verbal Noah Woods, 3, who ran off from playground
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Child’s body found during Noah Woods searchSuffolk Police said formal identification remains pending after a child’s body was recovered from Decoy Pond in Brantham.
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- Noah Woods disappeared on Tuesday afternoon after running from the under-fives playground on Merriam Close in Brantham.
- Noah was partially deaf and non-verbal; police told searchers he would not respond to his name.
- Police, dog units, specialist divers, Coastguard, firefighters and numerous volunteers took part in the search.
- That evening, police confirmed recovering a child’s body from Decoy Pond; formal identification remains pending.
Police have recovered the body of a child from Decoy Pond in Brantham. Formal identification is yet to take place, but the family of Noah Woods have been informed of this development.— Suffolk Police Superintendent Tom Pearse, speaking at a press conference
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