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Heartbreaking tributes have been paid to a teenage girl who was tragically found dead after going missing in Tameside .

An investigation was launched following the death of Catherine Blackhurst, who had been reported as missing from Ashton-under-Lyne in the early hours of Saturday (September 20).

Enquiries led police to a property on Whalley Close at around 9am the following day, where Catherine died at the scene despite the best efforts of emergency services. She has since been formally identified following a Home Office post mortem.

A man, aged 55, who was previously arrested on suspicion of murder has since been bailed pending further enquiries.

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