(DALTON, December 26, 2025) — Police searching for a missing Lancaster University student have found a body.
Lancashire Police discovered a body in woodland off Lees Lane in Dalton on Christmas Day, believed to be that of 19-year-old Tom Dingle, who had been missing since December 13.
- Tom Dingle, 19, was last seen on CCTV on Mill Lane in Lancaster heading towards the Boathouse pub.
- Lancashire Police found a body in woodland off Lees Lane in Dalton just after 3:00 PM GMT on Christmas Day.
- Formal identification is pending, but police believe the body is that of Mr. Dingle.
- Police are not treating Mr. Dingle’s death as suspicious.
Lancashire Police were contacted by a member of the public who discovered the body in woodland off Lees Lane in Dalton just after 3:00 PM GMT on Christmas Day, according to a police statement.
Tom Dingle, 19, from Appley Bridge, Lancashire, was last seen on CCTV on Mill Lane in the village heading towards the Boathouse pub in the early hours of December 13, the BBC reported.
Formal identification has not yet taken place, but authorities believe the body to be that of Mr. Dingle, Lancashire Police said.
The death is not being treated as suspicious, according to police.
“Formal identification has yet to take place, but they believe it to be Mr Dingle,” Lancashire Police stated.
Time.news based this report in part on reporting by BBC News and added independent analysis and context.
