A body has been found in the search for missing 55-year-old John Houghton. Specialist police officers were called to reports of the body of a man being found in a wooded area at around 11am yesterday (Monday).
The man, whose body was discovered just off Victoria Avenue in Blackley, has since been identified as John Houghton, police said.
Mr Houghton went missing from his home address at The Quadrant on September 12. READ MORE:Woman, 38, dies after being hit by G-Wagon car in Manchester There are not believed to any suspicious circumstances surrounding his death and his next of kin has been confirmed, police said.
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