A BODY found in the River Humber has been identified as tragic Stockport mum Alison Davies.

Dental records were used to confirm that it is the body of 40-year-old Mrs Davies, who is believed to have jumped into the Humber with her 12-year-old autistic son.

The body of her son Ryan was pulled from the River Ouse, near Goole, East Yorkshire on April 16.
The 12-year-old, who had a mental age of seven, disappeared with his mother from their home in Stockport on April 11.

Alison and Ryan were last seen in Marple at Alisonés motherés house.

It is thought both leaped from the Humber Bridge.

Detectives have tried to establish the final few hours of Alison and Ryanés lives é particularly how they got from Hullés railway station to the Humber Bridge.

Failed

However, inquiries with bus and taxi drivers failed to establish their final movements.

Lindsay Cook, Alisonés sister, made a final appeal to the person who took the pair to the bridge to come forward.

She said: éAs a family grieving for the loss of our loved ones, Alison and Ryan, we would ask the person or persons who might have seen them on their final journey from Hull station to the Humber Bridge to please contact the police with any information they might have.

éNo matter how insignificant it might seem to them, to the family it is of great value.

éThis last piece of missing information will help us to better understand Alison and Ryanés final moments together and will help us to come to terms with our loss and enable us to put together the last pieces of this tragedy.

éThank you from all of Alison and Ryanés loved ones.é

Det Supt Colin Andrews said: éOur role now is to submit a file to the coroner and, in order to do so, we must try to put all the facts together, which includes Alison and Ryanés final journey.

éThe person who drove them to the Humber Bridge is not in any sort of trouble with the police.

Unlicensed

éWe are not interested if they are unlicensed or have committed any driving offences.

éAll we are interested in is establishing exactly how Alison and Ryan made that journey.

"I would urge the driver to contact us in confidence at the major incident room.é

Mrs Daviesés body was found by a member of the public in the Humber, near Brough.

Detectives have said Mrs Davies suffered from depression.

They have also released CCTV footage, believed to be of Alison and Ryan, falling from the bridge.

Ryanés body was found in a stretch of the River Ouse, which runs into the Humber at Swinefleet Haven.

The body of his mother was recovered from the River Humber on Saturday April 29 at Welton Waters near Brough.