A body found under a bridge in the north-central Vietnamese province of Ha Tinh on Friday has been identified as a teenage boy who had disappeared on the previous day, according to authorities.
L.H.D., 17, left and failed to return home in Son Ham Commune, Ha Tinh’s Huong Son District on Thursday afternoon, according to Ho Viet Hao, the commune’s Party secretary.
On the next morning, residents of Son Phu Commune in the same district found an electric bicycle and a pair of slippers left on the riverbank near the Khe Cay Bridge and reported the incident to the local police.
Police officers began searching for D. after determining that the e-bike and slippers belonged to him.
They discovered D.’s body under the Khe Cay Bridge by Friday afternoon.
Functional forces are investigating the case.