A BODY found washed up on the beach at Cuckmere Haven is that of a missing father-to-be, police have confirmed.
Matthew Bursey vanished from his home in Exning, West Suffolk on October 1, after texting in sick to work.
The 35-year-old accountant is believed to have travelled to Beachy Head, stopping at a service station for a coffee before parking his car in the Birling Gap car park.
Officers from Sussex Police discovered his body washed up on the beach at Cuckmere Haven on Tuesday, October 20.
Police are treating the death as unexplained but do not believe there to be any suspicious circumstances at this stage.
A spokesman from Suffolk Constabulary said: "Officers from Sussex Police were called on Tuesday October 20 following reports that a body had been found on the seashore at Cuckmere Haven, between Eastbourne and Seaford in Sussex.
"Following a number of enquiries carried out by both Sussex and Suffolk police, the body, pending formal Coroner’s inquest proceedings, has been provisionally identified as Matthew Bursey from Exning."
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