Body of missing Shrewsbury man found
Its has this morning been confirmed that a body discovered in the River Severn at Shrewsbury yesterday is that of missing Mark Hodnet.
The body of a man was recovered by Police after being spotted by a member of the public near Kingsland Bridge around midday yesterday.
27-year-old Mark Hodnett failed to return home after a night out in Shrewsbury, he was last seen on CCTV during the early hours of Saturday leaving the C21 nightclub in Abbey Foregate and heading into Shrewsbury town centre.
At around 5am on Saturday a member of the public reported seeing someone seen struggling in the river close to The Quarry.
After Mark’s failure to return home a search was launched by police who discovered his shirt and his mobile phone close to the River Severn in The Quarry. The search involved around 20 police officers and the force helicopter.
Friends and family of Mark also launched a Facebook group to help find him with large groups of people meeting up and searching the river bank and his possible route home to the Radbrook area of the town.
Yesterday following the news that a body had been discovered hundreds of condolence messages were left on the Facebook page.
