THE family of a missing father-to-be told have told The Argus that they have been contacted by police after a man’s body was discovered on a beach.
A body found by police washed up on the beach at Cuckmere Haven on Tuesday is understood to match the description of missing Matthew Bursey.
Mother Chris Bursey told The Argus that Matthew's pregnant wife has identified his clothing.
The family are now waiting for DNA results to prove it is Matthew but they aren't expected to get the answer until next week.
It has been almost a month since the 35-year-old accountant vanished from his home in Exning, West Suffolk.
The father-to-be text work to say he was sick before travelling to the Sussex area.
The accountant stopped at a service station for a coffee before parking his car in the Birling Gap car park at Beachy Head.
Last week, Chris Bursey made an emotional appeal for her son to return home.
She said: "I can't believe that he has done this. I am just stunned. Absolutely stunned.
"His wife is devastated and five months pregnant. Someone must have seen him somewhere.
"This isn't Matthew at all. He worked as an accountant and they said he was a model employee and had a model reputation there."
Matthew married wife Ellie two years ago and the couple is now expecting their first child.
He took his phone, which has now run out of battery, as well as his wallet containing bank cards which have not been used.
Matthew arrived at Birling Gap between 11am and noon and got a car park ticket for an hour.
Anyone with any information on Matthew’s whereabouts should contact police on 101 quoting CAD reference Suffolk 470 of Thursday 1 October or Sussex CAD 1436.
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