Police: Body found is missing Kayleigh Haywood

Police say the body found overnight is that of 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood.

The teenager went missing after being dropped off outside Ibstock Community College in Leicestershire on Friday evening. Men aged 27 and 28 are being held on suspicion of murder.

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Police have been granted an extra 24 hours to question two men suspected of murdering the missing teenager Kayleigh Haywood.

A spokesman for Leicestershire police confirmed that a magistrates’ court had granted them more time to hold the two suspects, aged 27 and 28.

Officers searching for the missing teenager last night found a body in a field in Ibstock, Leicestershire, which has not yet been formally identified but is thought to be Kayleigh.

The teenager, from Measham, has not been seen since about 6pm on Friday 13 November, when she was dropped off outside Ibstock Community College in Central Avenue.

The two male suspects had initially been arrested in the early hours of Monday morning on suspicion of kidnap and were yesterday re-arrested on suspicion of murder. Both remain in police custody.

Police searching for missing 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood say they have found a body in a field in Leicestershire.

Police have launched a murder investigation after the disappearance of a school girl.

Kayleigh Haywood, 15, was last seen on Friday evening when her family dropped her off at a community college in Ibstock, Leicestershire.

Police say they have found items of clothing, along with her phone and are "increasingly concerned she may have come to harm".