{"id":609631,"date":"2026-05-29T03:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/609631\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T03:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:45:11","slug":"body-found-after-five-day-search-for-missing-66-year-old-in-south-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/609631\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found after five-day search for missing 66-year-old in South Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Faulkner, 66, was last seen in the Tonypandy area of Wales last weekend, since then a major five-day search operation has been launched by South Wales Police\"A<\/p>\n

Stephen Faulkner is missing from his home in Tonypandy(Image: South Wales Police)<\/p>\n

A body has been discovered during an extensive search for a missing man from Rhondda, South Wales<\/a> Police have confirmed.<\/p>\n

Stephen Faulkner, aged 66, was last spotted in the Tonypandy area last weekend. South Wales Police launched a major five-day search<\/a> operation, deploying specialist divers, drones, CSI dogs and helicopters in a bid to locate him.<\/p>\n

Divers were spotted searching Glyncornel Lake on Wednesday, 27th May, following reports of a possible sighting in the area. Mr Faulkner’s heartbroken family had repeatedly appealed to the public for information as officers and volunteers worked around the clock to trace his whereabouts.<\/p>\n

\"Glyncornel<\/p>\n

Glyncornel Lake (Image: Mirrorpix)<\/p>\n

Scores of people joined the search for Mr Faulkner over recent days, with his family expressing on Thursday that they were overwhelmed by the “unbelievable” support they had received.<\/p>\n

Mr Faulkner’s family had also been desperately attempting to retrace his last known movements using CCTV footage.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed on Thursday evening that a body had been found during the search for Mr Faulkner. Formal identification has yet to take place, but his family has been notified, reports Wales Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for South Wales Police said: “A body has been located in the search for Steven Faulkner, age 66, who has been missing since May 23 from his home in Tonypandy. Steven’s family has been informed.”<\/p>\n

It comes after 11 people have tragically drowned after getting into trouble while outdoor swimming<\/a> during the heatwave this month. The Royal Life Saving Society has issued a plea for everyone to \u201cstop and think\u201d before getting into open water<\/a> as temperatures this week soared to 35C.<\/p>\n

It warned warmer weather<\/a> correlates to an increase in \u201caccidental drownings\u201d and that despite warmer air, \u201cwater temperatures remain very cold\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hot weather is expected to continue over the coming days, before easing over the weekend, the Met Office<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

Many areas have experienced thunderstorms, with Met spokeswoman Nicola Maxey saying they came as \u201cvery warm and unstable conditions\u201d developed, adding: \u201cThese brought localised heavy downpours and frequent lightning. As is typical with thunderstorms, impacts varied over short distances, with some areas seeing intense rainfall while others nearby remained largely dry.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephen Faulkner, 66, was last seen in the Tonypandy area of Wales last weekend, since then a major…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11151,12177,207532,59,57,58,50,52500,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-609631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-cctv","tag-cctv-footage","tag-csi","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-south-wales-police","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609631","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=609631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}