Body of man is found in a canal after Coronation Street star's plea for help to find friend's missing 26-year-old son
Published: | Updated:
The body of a 26-year-old man has been found in a canal, after a Coronation Street actor posted a desperate plea for help following the disappearance of his best friend's son.
Dylan Mandaracas was last seen walking on a pavement in Walmley Close, in Sutton Coldfield, at around 6pm on October 28.
West Midlands Police issued an appeal for information about Dylan's whereabouts, before his father asked for 'anyone who had any information' to come forward and help.
That post was shared last week by actor Tony Maudsley, who plays George Shuttleworth in ITV soap Coronation Street.
On Saturday, the search came to a tragic end after police discovered the body of a 26-year-old man in the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal shortly before 9am.
West Midlands Police believe the body, which was discovered in the water off Kingsbury Road, is that of Dylan Mandaracas, who was last seen on CCTV wearing a checked shirt and black trousers.
Dylan Mandaracas (pictured) was last seen walking in Sutton Coldfield on October 28
This CCTV still was the last known sighting of Dylan
Coronation Street star Tony Maudsley had joined the search for the 26-year-old by posting a plea on Instagram, before the search came to a tragic end on Saturday
The Force don't believe there are any suspicious circumstances surrounding the man's death, the Sun reported.
The man's family have been informed, as police are now working with the coroner.
Dylan had last been seen walking on CCTV near to the Fox Stonehouse Pub.
His father's initial appeal had been shared by Tony Maudsley, who wrote, alongside four pictures of Dylan, in a heartfelt caption last Sunday: 'Still need your help on this one if you can? My friend's son Dylan is still missing.
'Obviously his family are incredibly distressed as he's now been missing for some time. Any help with shares, especially in the Midlands area would be greatly appreciated.
'@Mandaracasehristian1 [Dylan's father] is an old school friend of mine from Liverpool but he's understandably desperate to find his son.
'The power of the internet can sometimes work its magic and do some good. I'm going to paste Christian's post below in the hope it'll reach the eyes of someone who might have some information on Dylan's whereabouts.'
A previous post by Dylan's father had also revealed that Dylan vanished only seven days before he was due to turn 27.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said on Saturday: 'Shortly before 9am on Saturday, we were called to reports that a man's body had been discovered in a canal off the Kingsbury Road, Tyburn.
'Sadly, we believe the man to be 26-year-old Dylan Mandaracas, who had been reported missing on November 2.
'We have carried out enquiries and don't believe there are any suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
'His family has been informed, and our thoughts are with them at this sad time. We will now be working to support the coroner.'
KioskNews shows a cleaned-up reading view extracted from the publisher’s page — the original always lives on their site, not ours.