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Body found in search for man
The Chester Chronicle
|November 27, 2025
POLICE searching for a missing 21-year-old man in Chester have found a body.
William Webb was reported missing on Sunday (November 23), having last been seen in the Northgate Street area of the city centre at around 4am.
A search for William had been ongoing since his disappearance and sadly officers located a body in the Shropshire Union Canal on Tuesday morning.
This story is from the November 27, 2025 edition of The Chester Chronicle.
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