Body found in reservoir near where Adrian Lynch went missing

Thursday 04 August 2016

Jersey Police say the remains of a body has been found partly submerged in Handois Reservoir in St Lawrence.

States and honorary police officers are at the scene, having received a call from a worker at the reservoir early this morning; they have now closed off the road which runs along the reservoir's northern edge.

Just before midday they issued a statement: “Given the proximity to the last known location of missing Islander Adrian Lynch, Adrian’s family have been updated as to the find but any formal identification is likely to take some time.

Police officers are currently at the reservoir and we would request that persons do not attend at that location in order to enable the police to carry out their investigations.

"We understand the public interest that this incident will create, but we would ask that islanders respect this request and the family’s privacy at this time."

20-year-old Adrian Lynch’s disappearance in December last year has been the subject of much controversy and debate.

He’d been at a work’s Christmas party in town on Friday 4^th December and had caught a taxi home, but got out at Carrefour Selous at around midnight. At about 02:00 on the Saturday morning two witnesses spotted him wandering around Bon Air Stables, and he was later caught on CCTV camera. Police also found his phone, wallet and belt.

Over the following months 4,000 leaflets with a photo of Adrian were delivered to houses in St Lawrence, St Mary and St John. And police conducted extensive searches of the area where he’d last been seen, but no further trace was found.