Police discover physique in seek for MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis’s good friend
Police searching for a missing former colleague of MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis who vanished on Monday have found a body.
Anthony Hill, 37, who disappeared from Norwich on Monday morning, used to work on the deals team at the financial website founded by Lewis before going into teaching.
The father-of-two worked for the company for almost six years – but then retrained as a teacher and now works at St William’s Primary School in Thorpe St Andrew.
The former journalist was last seen leaving his home on Plumstead Road East at 7.45am on June 17 – and the school later said that he had been reported as missing.
A statement from Norfolk Police said: ‘Police can confirm the body of a man was found in Norwich last night.
Anthony Hill, aged 37, had been last seen at 7.45am on Monday when he left his home in Norwich
Mr Hill, pictured with his wife Kayleigh before he went missing
MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis had appealed for help to find Mr Hill
‘The body was discovered in an area off Heathgate in the city shortly before 8pm.
‘Whilst formal identification is yet to take place, the family of 37-year-old Anthony Hill, who was reported missing from his home in Norwich on Monday have been informed.
‘The death is not believed to be suspicious, and a file will be prepared for the coroner in due course.’
Mr Hill’s wife, Kayleigh, 36, helped organise a huge search of the local area for her husband asking for help to find her ‘girls’ daddy’.
She also appealed on Facebook for people to review any doorbell camera or dashcam footage from the area and issued a photograph of the outfit he was last wearing.
Mr and Mrs Hill pictured on a night out together. He went missing on his 37th birthday
MoneySavingExpert Mr Lewis previously called the news of his former colleague’s disappearance as ‘devastating’.
He posted on X: ‘Anthony is a lovely man who used to work on the MoneySavingExpert deals team before leaving to pursue his valiant passion to get into teaching.’
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