Body found in search for University of Warwick professor

Police searching for a prof who vanished from a probe travel to the Chilean godforsaken successful September accidental they person recovered his body.

University of Warwick world Prof Tom Marsh went missing during a sojourn to La Silla Observatory.

His assemblage was recovered astir 5km (three miles) from the observatory successful the country's Atacama desert, constabulary said.

The authorities person not revealed the origin of death.

The founding prof of the university's astronomy and astrophysics radical was reported missing from the observatory connected 16 September, 2 days aft arriving successful the country.

The 60-year-old from Rugby had been moving arsenic a visiting astronomer astatine the European Southern Observatory.

In a Twitter update the section constabulary said the assemblage had been recovered "in the look of an aggravated search" by the team.

"We are atrocious to present this bittersweet quality and explicit our condolences to his household and friends," it said.

His household had travelled to bluish Chile to travel the hunt operation, section media reported.