Neil Fox Way Wakefield: Body believed to be missing man recovered from River Calder

Neil Fox Way Wakefield: Body believed to be missing man recovered from River Calder

By Alex Grant

Senior Reporter

Published 25th Sep 2024, 15:13 GMT

A body believed to be missing Wakefield man has been recovered.

Police investigating the disappearance of Haroon Ahmed have located the body of a male.

The body was found in the River Calder, close to Neil Fox Way in Wakefield. | Google/WYP

placeholder image — The body was found in the River Calder, close to Neil Fox Way in Wakefield. | Google/WYP

A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “The body was found in the River Calder, close to Neil Fox Way in Wakefield, earlier today (Wednesday, September 25).

“Haroon's family have been informed.”

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Enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances of the male’s death, but it is not being treated as suspicious at this time.