POLICE have suspended their search for a man missing from south Essex after a body was discovered last night.

Officers looking for 52 year-old Daniel Copeland, who’s missing from Hawkwell, have suspended their search after a man’s body was discovered.

The body of a man was found in the Hawkwell area on the evening of Thursday May 2.

Essex Police has confirmed Mr Copeland's family are being supported and the man's death is not being treated as suspicious.

An Essex Police spokesman said: "Daniel’s family have been told and are being supported.

"The man’s death is not being treated as suspicious."