Missing Catherine Shaw: Body found in Guatemala

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Catherine Shaw left her accommodation in Guatemala in the early hours of 5 March

A body has been found in the search for a 23-year-old British woman who went missing in Guatemala, the country's police have said.

Catherine Shaw, from Witney, was reported missing after she left Hotel Mayachik near Lake Atitlan on 5 March.

Guatemalan police said search teams have located a lifeless body at San Juan La Laguna.

Formal identification has not taken place but Ms Shaw's family have been informed of the find.

In a statement The Lucie Blackman Trust, which has been helping Ms Shaw's family, said it is saddened to announce that a body has been found in the search for Catherine Shaw.

It added: Formal identification has not taken place but the body is believed to be Catherine."