- Ian Tang, 20, was wearing a T-shirt when he decided to walk home from a club
- He is said to have been offered a lift but chose to walk instead – and went missing
- Police launched a manhunt after and today revealed they have now found a body
Ian Tang (pictured) was wearing a T-shirt when he left a club in North Walsham
Police searching for a student who tried to walk home from a nightclub in sub-zero temperatures have recovered a body.
Ian Tang, 20, was wearing only jeans and a T-shirt when he left Club KA in North Walsham, Norfolk, between 2.30am and 3am on Sunday.
The Norwich City College student is said to have been offered a lift home, but said that he would walk back alone.
The alarm was raised when he failed to arrive back at his home in North Walsham.
Around 200 people along with firefighters and a local lowland rescue team gathered outside North Walsham police station at 10am on Tuesday to search for him.
Others distributed posters appealing for information about the disappearance of the 5ft 8ins tall student who had a tattoo of a woman’s face on his left arm.
A body was found an hour later by a member of the search party in the village of Swafield about two miles north of North Walsham.
Chief Inspector Wes Hornigold, of Norfolk Police, said he believed it was the body of Ian, but formal identification still had to take place.
He added: ‘The death is not being treated as suspicious, but investigations are continuing into the circumstances.’
The Norwich City College student was offered a lift home but decided to walk after leaving the club (pictured)
Friends of Ian described him as ‘popular’ and he was spotted on CCTV on Mundesley Road on the outskirts of North Walsham after leaving the club.
There was also a sighting of him on the B1145 leading out of the town between 5:45am and 6am on Sunday.
A spokesman for Rossis leisure centre in North Walsham, where Ian worked part time, said: ‘It is a tough time. We are sending our love and support to his family and friends’.