Overview
- North Wales Police began searching after concerns were raised at Llyn Geirionydd on Sunday evening, July 19, and the man has not been found despite overnight searches.
- Officers have informed and are supporting the missing man’s immediate family and say an increased emergency-service presence will remain at the scene.
- Local witnesses reported a heavy response, including a helicopter circling the lake and reports of police divers at the water’s edge.
- Police have asked anyone who was at the lake on the evening in question to contact them via their website or by calling 101, quoting reference O116523.
- The search is taking place against a backdrop of local concern after the body of a 21-year-old man was recovered from the same lake 11 days earlier, and authorities say searches are ongoing and the situation is developing.