Body found in police hunt for missing teen Santino Hogan

A body was found in a park close to where he went missing
Santino Hogan went missing two days ago
Police Scotland

A body has been found in the search for missing teenager Santino Hogan, 16, who disappeared two days ago. 

The teenager, known to friends and family as ‘Sonny’, left his home in Glenfarg, Perth and Kinross, around 6pm on Friday evening. 

A body was then found in a park within the village at 2pm today, Police Scotland said. 

Officers believe it to be Sonny, although formal identification is yet to take place. 

A spokesperson for Tayside Police Division said: "Around 2pm on Sunday 17 January the body of a male was found in a park in Glenfarg. 

“The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”

"Formal identification is yet to take place however it is believed to be 16-year-old Santino Hogan who had been reported missing from his home in Glenfarg. His family have been made aware.’ '

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