Overview
- Lee Butler, 36, was reported missing from Staffordshire after he was last seen at home on May 26 and police said they believed he had travelled to the Ogmore-by-Sea area.
- A multi-agency search used aircraft, drones and reports of RNLI lifeboat activity along the Vale of Glamorgan coast as friends and locals took part in the efforts.
- South Wales Police confirmed a body was found in the search and that Butler’s next of kin have been told while formal identification is pending.
- Friends who joined the search said on social media they plan to bring Butler home to Staffordshire and family tributes have been posted online.
- Police asked anyone with information to contact South Wales Police quoting occurrence number 2600166222 and said further investigative or coroner steps have not yet been disclosed.