Heartbreaking tributes to boy, 14, found dead after vanishing on way to school
A 14-year-old boy has been found dead after he went missing on his way to school.
Logan Slater, from Brighouse, West Yorkshire, disappeared after leaving his home at around 7.45am on Monday.
The Brighouse High School student’s body was found on land off Beechwood Park, Brighouse, yesterday.
His mum Amanda Slater thanked people for helping with the search, writing her son ‘had been found, sadly not the way we had hoped’.
She said: ‘Please can we ask for privacy as a family whilst we try to navigate and process.’
West Yorkshire Police has since referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over its handling of the case.
Richard Horsfield, headteacher at Brighouse High, said the teenager was a valued member of the school community who had a wide circle of friends.
Mr Horsfield said: ‘It was a particular pleasure to see his love and enthusiasm for PE, especially within rugby, grow in the years he spent with us.
‘We will continue to think of his family and all of his friends at this very sad time and will do all we can as a close knit school to support them.
‘We are grateful for the time we spent with him and deeply saddened that the time came to such an abrupt end.’
A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: ‘As a number of calls had been made to the police to report this missing person, a mandatory referral is being made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, to review the actions taken by West Yorkshire Police.’
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