Missing: Oswald Henderson Mapp was last seen in Fulham on Friday
Metropolitan Police
Hatty Collier28 August 2016
Police searching for a missing elderly man have recovered a body from the River Thames today.
Officers searching for Oswald Henderson Mapp, 76, who was reported missing on Friday said the body of a man was pulled from the water this morning.
Emergency services were alerted at 7.05am after a body was spotted in the river near Barnes Bridge.
Mr Henderson Mapp’s family have been informed but formal identification has not yet taken place, police said.
Search teams have been desperately looking for him since he disappeared from the Fulham area.
His family and police grew increasingly concerned for his welfare and said he suffered from dementia and Type 2 Diabetes.
He was known to frequent the Alperton area, Fulham and Putney.
