A body has been found during the search for a missing Ipswich man. 

Fifty-six-year-old Ramaswamy Jayaram was last seen in the town in the early hours of the morning on Sunday, June 30. 

Police searches had been taking place in the area surrounding Ravenswood and Orwell Country Park, where he was last seen.

Family friends and members of the public conducted searches in the area alongside Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue and HM Coastguard.

His car, a grey Citroen C1, was later found in the Ravenswood area of Ipswich.

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Officers from Suffolk police have confirmed a body was found in Braziers Wood on Wednesday after a member of the public found the body just before 9.30am.

Although the body has yet to be formally identified, Mr Jayaram's family has been notified. 

The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances.