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Floral tributes left in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, where Dylan Cecil fell into the sea. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA
Floral tributes left in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, where Dylan Cecil fell into the sea. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Body found in sea search for missing boy

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Police searching for four-year-old Dylan Cecil, who fell into the sea on Sunday, find body near Burnham-on-Sea yacht club

Officers searching for a four-year-old boy who slipped into the sea from a jetty have found a child's body.

Dylan Cecil was on holiday with his family when he stumbled into the muddy water at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, at 6pm on Sunday.

The body was found on Thursday near a yacht club at about 12.30pm, police said.

Avon and Somerset police said Dylan's parents had been made aware of the development.

His mother, Rachel McCollum, said earlier this week her son had fallen into a "whirlpool" and she knew immediately that she would not see him again.

A police spokesman said: "Officers searching for the body of a four-year-old boy who fell into the water at Burnham-on-Sea can confirm that the body of a young boy has been found near to the yacht club in Burnham-on-Sea.

"The body was discovered at about 12.30pm today. Formal identification still has to be carried out."

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