Body of Essex man who went missing six years ago found in remote …

The body of an Essex man who went missing six years ago has been found in a remote village miles away from the county. Norfolk Police have tragically confirmed that Nigel Kedar’s body has been found after he went missing in April 2017.

Mr Kedar, aged 52 at the time of his disappearance, was from Clacton-on-Sea and vanished in the spring of 2017. Since then, Norfolk Police have investigated his whereabouts along with Essex Police.

Mr Kedar, who worked as a builder, was last seen outside a shop in Long Stratton, Norfolk on April 4, 2017. No other sightings have since been recorded and in 2018, Norfolk Police closed the case citing a lack of leads pending any new information that came forward.

However, EssexLive can now exclusively reveal that Mr Kedar’s body was discovered in June this year in a village in Suffolk. A spokesman for Norfolk Police said: “We can confirm a body was discovered in Mendlesham. Police were called on 8 June 2023 after a member of the public found a body near to Norwich Road, Mendlesham.

“The body has been formally identified as missing 52-year-old Nigel Kedar, from Clacton, who was last seen outside a shop in Long Stratton on the morning of April 4 2017. His death is currently being treated as unexplained.”

Since his disappearance, Mr Kedar’s family set up a page called “Find Nigel Kedar” where they posted about how much they missed him. In 2018, they wrote: “Every day I think of where you could be. It’s such a tragic mystery for everyone who knows and loves you and even for those who have never met you. I just hope you are ok wherever you may be and that a kind peace is with you.”

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