Body Of Missing Cornwall Man Ricky Gamage Believed Found On Beach Days After Birth Of Son

CORNWALL, UK. (THECOUNT) — Police have located a body amid the search for missing Cornwall, UK, man Ricky Gamage.

Police say a body believed to be Gamage, was found at Widemouth Bay in Bude this morning and that his family have been notified.

Gamage, 23, went missing from Bude on Saturday, December 28. His son, Louis Anthony, was born nine days early on Sunday evening, reports CornwallLive.

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: “Police searching for Ricky Gamage, who was reported missing from the Bude area on 28 December, have found the body of a man.

“The body was located on a beach at Widemouth Bay, Bude, at around 7.45am on Friday 10 January.

“Formal identification has not yet taken place but the family of Mr Gamage have been informed of the discovery.

“The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.”

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Geo quick facts: Cornwall is a county on England’s rugged southwestern tip. It forms a peninsula encompassing wild moorland and hundreds of sandy beaches, culminating at the promontory Land’s End. The south coast, dubbed the Cornish Riviera, is home to picturesque harbour villages such as Fowey and Falmouth. The north coast is lined with towering cliffs and seaside resorts like Newquay, known for surfing. Widemouth Bay is a bay, beach and small village on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It is about 3 miles south of Bude. This stretch of coast is steeped in the smuggling history of times before, and not far south of Widemouth Bay can be found many little inlets and coves – wikipedia.