He was last seen on Thursday 20 December, at around 21:15. However, on Saturday 5 January, a body was found in the River Dart at Dartmouth.
A statement on the Devon and Cornwall Police website said: “Officers were called at 11:00 on Saturday 5 January after the body of a man was seen in the water.
“HM Coastguard and Dartmouth Lifeboat attended and the man was recovered from the river. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
Pictured: The statement on the Devon and Cornwall Police website.
The UK force said “formal identification has yet to take place but the family of 44-year-old Dartmouth man Jason Wickenden who went missing before Christmas has been informed of the incident.”
The death is not being treated as suspicious but a file will be prepared for HM Coroner with an inquest expected, where a cause of death and the circumstances could be decided.
Pictured top: Jason Wickenden.