Harwich: Lifeboat crew recovers body (From Harwich and Manningtree Standard)

Harwich: Lifeboat crew recovers body

5:11pm Monday 8th February 2010

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A BODY recovered by a Harwich lifeboat crew today was believed to be a Russian seaman who went missing on Christmas Eve.

The Harwich inshore lifeboat was launched on what was the station’s first call of the year, to Ipswich docks, where the body of a man was recovered.

It was handed to Suffolk Police who said early indications linked the body to that of Alexey Dorofeev who went missing from his boat at the docks.

Further tests, which could take several weeks, will be required to determine more about the death.

It is currently being treated as unexplained and a post mortem will be conducted in due course.

The 36-year-old Russian disappeared from the Daniel Kay, which had been moored at Ipswich Port.

Crew members thought he had gone into Ipswich, but raised the alarm when he failed to return after two days.

Police divers searched the docks last month but failed to find anything linking to his disappearance.

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