Police have confirmed that the body of a man found in Bramfield last week is that of missing Wenhaston man Simon Adams.
Mr Adams, 42, was reported missing on Tuesday, August 31.
Police were contacted just after 5pm last Thursday by a member of the public reporting a body near a railway line in Bramfield.
Formal identification was carried out yesterday afternoon.
The death has been referred to the coroner and a post mortem will take place today.
Police said that at this stage there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Adams.
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