Police on Friday said a body found in central England matches the description of David Kelly, the government adviser named as the possible source for BBC's report claiming the government 'sexed up' a key intelligence dossier on Iraq.

"The body found matches the description of David Kelly, but the body has not yet been formally identified," a Thames Valley police spokesman said.

Earlier, police had reported finding a man's body 8 km from Kelly's home.

59-year-old Kelly went missing from his home in Abingdom, Oxfordshire, Thursday afternoon, after telling his wife he was going for a walk, the police said.

Kelly's family contacted the police when he failed to return by 2345 hours Thursday.
 
Just two days back Kelly had given evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the dossier affair.

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