A body has been found in the River Thames in the search for 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa, who entered the river in North Woolwich on 31 March, police have said.
According to the Metropolitan police, officers were alerted to a body in Maritime Quay in east London at about 9am on Sunday.
While the body is yet to be formally identified, the girl’s family have been informed of the development and are being supported by specialist officers. The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this time, the force added.
Kaliyah is said to have been playing on a school inset day when she entered the water near Barge House Causeway, close to London City airport. Barge House Causeway is a concrete slope that goes directly into the Thames and is used to transport boats
Local residents noted that the slope appeared to be covered in moss and was slippery. They said they heard shouts and screams, while other children who were playing said a girl had disappeared in the water and they could not find her.
Emergency services launched a “large-scale response” on 31 March but it was later scaled down.
