DARTMOOR Search and Rescue Teams from Tavistock and Okehampton were called to help locate a man missing in North Cornwall on Sunday, July 24.

The teams received a call at 9.48am on July 24 to assist with a search at Kilkhampton for a 59-year-old male despondent who had been missing since the early afternoon the previous day and there were concerns for his safety.

An extensive search was organised involving the local community, police, members of the search and rescue team, including two Sarda dog handlers as well as some HM Coastguard personnel.

The search was stood down just before 4pm when it was reported that the subject had been located in woodland, sadly deceased.