Bobbi-Anne McLeod: Police in missing teenager probe search beach after body found

Police are searching a beach close to Plymouth where the body of a woman was found on Tuesday in the hunt for missing 18-year-old Bobbi-Anne McLeod.

A cordon has been set up blocking off access to the road leading to the Bovisand cafe and car park, and also the holiday park, where a number of people are still staying in caravans.

Police cordon off the road leading to the Bovisand cafe and car park in Plymouth, after the body of a woman was found in the hunt for missing Plymouth teenager Bobbi-Anne McLeod, who has not been seen since Saturday evening.
Ben Birchall

Ms McLeod left her home in Leigham at around 6pm on Saturday evening to catch a bus to Plymouth town centre to meet friends but never arrived.

The body, which has yet to be formally identified but is thought to be Ms McLeod, was found on Tuesday following an extensive police search on the ground and by helicopter.

Two men aged 24 and 26, both from Plymouth, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are currently in custody, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

A Facebook group set up to find the teenager attracted more than 10,000 members in just two days.

Police cordon off the road leading to the Bovisand cafe and car park in Plymouth, after the body of a woman was found in the hunt for missing Plymouth teenager Bobbi-Anne McLeod, who has not been seen since Saturday evening.
Ben Birchall

A GoFundMe page set up by Amanda Isaacs, a neighbour of Ms McLeod, to pay for her funeral, has so far raised more than £5,500.

Ms Isaacs said: “I am a close friend and neighbour of Bobbi and her family. Unfortunately it has been confirmed after three days of searching she has sadly been taken from us.

“She was a beautiful young girl only aged 18 with her whole life ahead off her.”

Ms Isaacs said Ms McLeod’s family are “going through hell”, adding that she hoped the fundraiser would lessen some of the stress on them.

Ms Isaacs is also organising a candlelit vigil at 6pm on Thursday close to the bus stop on Bampton Road, Leigham, where Ms Mcleod went missing.

She urged those who are unable to attend to light a candle at 6pm in Ms McLeod’s memory.

Chief Superintendent Matt Longman said on Tuesday evening: “This is weighing heavy on the people of Plymouth tonight, it really is.

“And I would just like to send my thoughts to the friends and family of Bobbi-Anne; that actually feels like it’s a relatively inadequate thing to say at such a time.

“But we are continuing to do everything we can to understand exactly what’s happened around this event”.