Remembering Our Dead

Alex Bendall

Alex's body was found in the river Frome on Sunday 23rd April - 70 days after he had been reported missing on Sunday 12th February.

A body sadly found in a river in Dorchester is believed to be that of a missing teenager from the Dorchester area.

The report of the discovery at the river Frome in the area of Lubbecke Way was received by Dorset Police at around 3pm on Saturday 22 April 2023.

Although formal identification has not yet taken place, it is believed to be 18-year-old Alex Bendall, who was reported missing on Sunday 12 February 2023.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and HM Coroner has been notified.

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/23487703.tributes-paid-dorchester-teen-alex-bendall-tragic-death/

https://dorseteye.com/body-in-dorchester-river-believed-to-be-missing-teenager-alex-bendall/

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/body-of-missing-teenager-18-is-found-in-a-river-two-months-after-they-vanished/ar-AA1ahyQ8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-65368824

https://web.archive.org/web/20230424200141/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12008437/Body-missing-teenager-18-river-two-months-vanished.html

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-renew-appeal-to-find-dorset-teenager-last-seen-nearly-two-weeks-ago/ar-AA17TuPe

Report added: 15 May 2023. Last updated: 17 Oct 2024

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