Police searching for a missing Auckland man have located a body.
Police appealed yesterday for the public's help locating 58-year-old Athol Charlton who was last seen leaving his Torbay home about 9.45pm on Sunday.
Charlton - who was last seen wearing a grey tracksuit jumper and blue tracksuit pants - was driving his silver Honda CRV 2004, registration KWJ611, and was believed to have been in the Waiwera area.
In a statement today, police said they had located a body this morning.
"Police can confirm that the body is that of the man who went missing from his Torbay home.
