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Shane Walsh: Search for missing Shrewsbury dad enters third day

Searches for missing Shrewsbury dad Shane Walsh are continuing for a third day.

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West Mercia Search & Rescue search the River Severn in Shrewsbury. Inset: Shane Walsh

River searches have been taking place since Monday after the married father-of-two went missing after a night out in the town.

River rescue crews were deployed on Monday in the search for Mr Walsh, 29, who was last seen by a friend in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The scene at Frankwell this morning
Shane Walsh
Searches have been taking place of the River Severn for the last few days

He had been to a family party in Church Stretton and after returning to Shrewsbury visited a number of pubs and clubs.

He had been due to stay at his parents' house on Saturday but did not arrive.

He was last seen by a friend in the town at 3am on Sunday after visiting the Yorkshire House pub, Bonds Nightclub and Fever & Boutique in Hills Lane.

The friend he had spent the evening with received a couple of text messages from him at around 3.50am but since then there has been no contact with his friends and family.

Shane is 6ft tall and of stocky build with short dark brown hair and green eyes. He was last seen wearing grey jeans, grey pumps and a white T-shirt with a 'Playaz' motif on it.

West Mercia Search and Rescue said boat, kayak and land search teams have been sent to the town.

Inspector Ben Tanfield from West Mercia Police said: "We're extremely concerned for Shane's well-being. This is very out of character and we'd urgently like to hear from anyone who knows of his whereabouts."

Anyone who sees Shane or knows of his whereabouts should call 101 and quote incident 294s of September 3, 2017.

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