A body of a man believed to be missing BBC childrens' TV presenter Mark Speight has been found in a remote area of London's Paddington railway station, UK police have announced.
Speight's family are due to formally identify his body later this morning. Detectives said the body was found at 10am on Sunday and that the cause of the man's death is "unexplained". A post-mortem on the body is due to be carried out.
Speight was reported missing last Monday, three months after the tragic death of his fiancée and fellow children's TV presenter Natasha Collins, who was found dead in the bath of their North London home on 3 January.
The 42-year-old disappeared six days ago following the inquest into the death of Collins. She was found in a bath with 60% burns after taking cocaine, alcohol and sleeping tablets.
Speight told police the couple had been "partying" and had taken cocaine and sleeping pills as well as drinking wine and vodka.
Last Monday, Speight was reported as missing by Collins' mother and in recent days his family appealed for him to get in touch because of fears he was feeling vulnerable.
Speight's father, Oliver, paid tribute to his "wonderful" son saying: "Mark was a wonderful son and brother to his family and he will be very sadly missed."
"We need to come to terms with our grief at the loss of both Mark and Natasha and would ask that you would respectfully afford us the privacy to grieve privately during this tragic time."
Meanwhile, Jan Kennedy, of Speight's agents Billy Marsh Associates, said: "We are absolutely devastated at the tragic news of the loss of Mark and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family as well as the family of his beloved fiancée, Natasha, whose equally tragic death had affected him so inconsolably."
CCTV recorded the last sighting of Speight, which showed him boarding a train on London Underground's Bakerloo Line, which stops at Paddington station as part of its route.
The popular kids' TV presenter worked on BBC children's art show 'SmArt' for 14 years, but quit the show in February after the death of Collins.
