Body is found in river in hunt for missing reveller, 22, last seen 'running away from a gang of lads' during night out - as his devastated girlfriend tells of 'living an absolute nightmare'




  • Luke Jobson was last seen in Yarm, North Yorkshire, in early hours of Saturday
  • A body has been found by police in the search for Luke in the river Yarm 
  • His cousin says the 22-year-old was last seen 'running away from a gang of lads'
  • Hundreds joined Luke's family at Yarm School this morning to search for him
  • A man, 18, and two 16-year-olds are being interviewed in connection with his disappearance
A spokesman for Cleveland Police said: 'Although formal identification has yet to take place, Luke's family has been notified and they are being kept updated while they receive support from specially trained officers.' 
 A Yarm resident who was helping with the search said: 'It is just really sad. 
'To have 200 people searching for you, it must mean that you are really popular. 'Everything has been crazy on social media. People all over the world have picked it up.
'It's so sad that we haven't had the outcome that we were hoping for.'
A woman who did not wish to be named added: 'It is horrific. It's close to home. It's not the outcome we wanted, all you can think about is the poor family. 
Luke's family previously launched a frantic appeal to find him. 
Speaking to the BBC Lukes's aunt Kelly Jobson said: 'Luke has been chased from Yarm High Street by five lads.
'He was seen to have jumped over the wall of Yarm School and that was the last sighting of him.'