Police searching for a man who has been missing from his home for nearly six months have found a decomposed body.
Simon Penk, 36, disappeared after going out to buy food from a store near his home in Beech Hill, Wigan, Greater Manchester, on 8 May.
Officers have stressed that the body found in a wooded coppice off Prescott Street has yet to be identified.
Forensic examinations are being carried out and a post-mortem examination will be held later in the week.
Greater Manchester Police said investigations were continuing to establish whether the death was suspicious.
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