A BODY found in the River Thames has been confirmed as an 11-year-old girl who slipped and fell in while playing with pals.
Kaliyah Coa vanished into the water while paddling with a friend near Woolwich, London, at the end of March.
The Met Police said: “The Metropolitan Police can confirm the body recovered in Maritime Quay on Sunday, 13 April is sadly that of 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa.
“Officers responded to reports of a girl entering the River Thames at 13:23hrs on Monday, 31 March.
“Kaliyah had been playing near Barge House Causeway during a school inset day.
“First responders arrived on the scene swiftly to support His Majesty’s Coastguard, Royal National Lifeboat Institute, the London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade in a large scale search and rescue effort.”
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