Overview
- Avon and Somerset Police said the body was found in the water in the Harbourside during searches for the 50-year-old.
- Officers reported that formal identification has not taken place, and Matthew’s next of kin have been informed and offered support.
- The force said it is treating the death as unexplained but not suspicious and will prepare a file for the coroner.
- A public appeal to help trace Matthew preceded the discovery, though reports differ on the exact date he was last seen and when the case was escalated.
- The case comes weeks after PC Rehaan Akhtar was recovered from the harbour, with a post-mortem recording drowning as the provisional cause of death.