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Body Found in Search for Missing Leicester Teen Lily Higgins

Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious as formal identification is awaited.

Overview

  • Leicestershire Police said a body was found on Thursday and is believed to be 18-year-old Lily Higgins, and her family has been informed.
  • Formal identification has not yet taken place, and officers will prepare a file for the coroner.
  • The teenager was last seen on doorbell footage leaving her home on Torridon Close in Leicester at about 2:30pm on Wednesday.
  • She was reported missing shortly before 8pm, prompting overnight searches that used specialist teams and a police drone.
  • Police released a still from the doorbell camera during public appeals as efforts to locate her intensified.