{"id":361554,"date":"2026-01-09T21:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/361554\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:06:08","slug":"police-appeal-for-witnesses-after-maidstone-man-found-in-river-medway-near-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/361554\/","title":{"rendered":"Police appeal for witnesses after Maidstone man found in River Medway near\u00a0Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man whose body was found in the River Medway more than a week after he was last seen has been named.<\/p>\n<p>Police, paramedics and the fire service were called to the Broadway in Maidstone following the discovery of Terry Underhill, 55.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 256 190\" alt=\"A recent picture of Terry Underhill. Picture: Kent Police\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"66GBTKOGYUD3X4ITWGL0.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.35\"\/>A recent picture of Terry Underhill. Picture: Kent Police<\/p>\n<p>Crews <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/maidstone\/news\/body-of-man-in-his-50s-found-in-river-334648\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recovered the Maidstone resident\u2019s body last Friday (January 2) and his next of kin have been informed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The death is being treated as non-suspicious at this stage, and a report is being prepared for the coroner, but officers are now appealing for further information.<\/p>\n<p>The last known sighting of Mr Underhill was at about 9pm on New Year\u2019s Day in Quarry Road, Tovil.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1600 1132\" alt=\"His body was found in the River Medway\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"ZN6K8H2UIHKTVT4R53KU.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.41\"\/>His body was found in the River Medway<\/p>\n<p>He was wearing a dark grey coat and a navy t-shirt with light grey tracksuit bottoms and black shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Officers would like to speak to anyone who may have seen Mr Underhill, or who may have CCTV or dashcam footage in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a witness said the pathway by the Thai Orchid restaurant was taped off.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 418 360\" alt=\"Terry Underhill was last seen on New Year&#x2019;s Day. Picture: Met Police\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"6GMNE3NY2T6NO06TVB65.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.16\"\/>Terry Underhill was last seen on New Year\u2019s Day. Picture: Met Police<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to call the west Kent appeals line on 01622 604100, quoting 46\/879\/26.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man whose body was found in the River Medway more than a week after he was last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,192,1318,50,21819,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-361554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-human-interest","12":"tag-maidstone","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-police-appeals","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}