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Body found in search for missing girl, 15
The body believed to be Grace Keeling was found after a 14-day search; recovery was delayed by tides and hazardous conditions, police said.
- On Thursday morning, a body was discovered among the rocks on Withernsea beach, East Yorkshire, during the search for 15-year-old Grace Keeling, Humberside Police confirmed on January 16.
- The alarm was raised just after 3pm on Friday, prompting a multi-agency search involving the Coastguard, RNLI, Humberside Police, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, and Yorkshire Ambulance Service, after Keeling went missing at Withernsea that day.
- Recovery teams could not safely retrieve the body found around 8.30am by Humberside Police Search Advisors before high tide, and the site was secured overnight with specialist equipment and a cordon.
- Specialist officers have informed Grace's family and urged privacy, police asked the public to avoid Holmpton Road and Withernsea beach, and no formal identification has taken place.
- After 13 days of extensive searches, about 100 emergency workers were involved, and the Withernsea community left tributes and raised thousands for services and families.
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Body found in hunt for teen girl two weeks after she was swept out to sea despite mum's tragic efforts to save her
Police searching for a missing teenager have discovered a body on the East Yorkshire coast, two weeks after she was swept into the sea.The tragedy unfolded on January 2, when Grace Keeling, 15, was standing on steps near the water before being swept out to sea in bad weather.Her mother Sarah, 45, immediately dived in to try and save her daughter, while Mark Ratcliffe, a 67-year-old passer-by, also bravely jumped in to help pull both women to saf…
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