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# Police confirm body of missing teenage girl has been found
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/police-confirm-body-of-missing-teenage-girl-has-been-found/
- Published: 2026-05-07T13:39:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-07T13:39:57.000Z
- Description: Police say the body of a 15-year-old girl has been found near Weeford.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:11, News

POLICE say a body has been found near Weeford following a search for a 15-year-old girl.

The teenager had been reported missing from Tamworth yesterday (6th May).

Officers were completing searches when a girl fell from a bridge over the A5 at 10.10pm.

A Staffordshire Police spokesperson said:

> “We can sadly confirm that a body has been found in the search for missing 15-year-old Madison, from Tamworth.  
>  
> “Officers and paramedics treated her at the scene, but she sadly died a short while later.  
>  
> “We are not treating the death as suspicious and a file will be prepared for HM Coroner.  
>  
> “Madison’s family have been informed and are being supported at this incredibly difficult time.  
>  
> “A referral is being made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) given the previous police contact with her.”