POLICE have suspended the search for a missing man after a body was discovered.

Officers were searching for Darren Turner, 37, who was reported missing from Layer-de-la-Haye earlier this week.

An Essex Police spokesman said the search has been suspended following the discovery of a body of a man earlier today.

The spokesman said: “Formal identification is yet to take place but Darren Turner’s family are aware and being supported.”

The force is not treating the man’s death as suspicious.