The grieving boyfriend of Bobbi-Anne McLeod is being comforted by her family today as police continue to question two murder suspects and search woodland and cliffs above a Devon beach where she was found, MailOnline can reveal today.
Louie Leach has been staying with Bobbi-Anne’s mother and two siblings at their home in Plymouth since detectives revealed on Tuesday that a body had been discovered after she went missing four days ago.
She was reported missing on Saturday evening and was found dead yesterday close to the coastal path and car park above Bovisand beach - eight miles from the bus stop where she was last seen.
Friends told MailOnline that she had been due to meet Louie, who had been seeing his girlfriend for six months, on Saturday night and that he raised the alarm when she did not show up at around 8pm.
One said: 'Louie is with Bobbi-Anne's family now and they are helping each other through this difficult time. They can barely speak. There are no words for the horror they are living through. Bobbi-Anne and Louie were really in love and were a wonderful couple. They had their whole lives ahead of them and now this has been cruelly taken away from Louie and it's crushed him.'
The two men, aged 24 and 26, arrested last night on suspicion of her murder remain in custody. Dozens of locals arrived throughout the day to lay flowers opposite the bus stop in the Leigham area of Plymouth, where Bobbi-Anne was last seen on Saturday evening.
Many wept and hugged each other as forensic police officers in white overalls continued to search the surrounding area. Devon and Cornwall Police have not released details of her disappearance or the cause of death. But her family believes she was abducted.
Her older brother Lee McLeod said that he had been desperately trying her phone and there was a four hour window between 11am and 3am on the night she vanished when it rang, before it was switched off again. He kept calling for three days until it was handed in to police by a member of the public on Monday.
Revealing that the family believed she had been snatched and held captive he told friends on Facebook: 'Someone has my f**kin sister!!'.
Louie Leach, 21, the grieving boyfriend of Bobbi-Anne McLeod is being comforted by her family today as police continue to question two murder suspects
Bobbi-Anne's boyfriend Louie Leach, 21, (pictured together) who had been in a relationship with Bobbi-Anne for more than six months, was reportedly among the group of friends waiting for her in Plymouth city centre for a night out she never arrived on.
Police has closed the road leading to the Bovisand beach in Devon, where Bobbi-Anne was found dead
Forensics officers are concentrating on gathering evidence in bags in an area of woodland and cliffs above the road leaving to Bovisand bay
This afternoon, forensics officers were concentrating on the grass around the bus stop where she was last seen
Yesterday evening her relatives were given the tragic news that she had been found dead.
Forensics officers are today working in an area of forest and cliffs above the road leading to Bovisand bay, a sandy stretch of beach overlooking Plymouth's world famous sound and harbour.
Police looking for missing teenager Bobbi-Anne McLeod (pictured) have found a body
Teams of police in white suits were also working in the streets around where she lived with her mother in the Leigham area of the city. Detectives have also sealed off the bus stop where she was last seen and a verge where her headphones and tobacco pouch were found.
Close friend and neighbour, Amanda Isaacs, has released a message on behalf of Bobbi-Anne's family.
She said: 'The family just need privacy to grieve but the can't thank everyone enough for their love and support.' Amanda also paid tribute to the 18-year-old who had 'her whole life ahead of her'.
Bobbi-Anne McLeod was reported missing on Saturday in Plymouth after she failed to meet with friends. Police arrested two men, aged 24 and 26, on suspicion of her murder.
Officers said they were growing increasingly concerned for the teenager, who was due to get a bus into the city centre to see her partner over the weekend but never arrived.
Detectives then revealed on Tuesday that a body had been found in the search for Bobbie-Anne, and while formal identification is yet to take place, they said her family had been informed.
Now, her brother, Lee McLeod has shared an emotional tribute on social media, after posting a picture of the two of them together as children.
Alongside the image he wrote: 'Until we meet again sis. I love you.
'You didn't deserve this, such a beautiful and talented girl and to have you as my little sister, the adventure and journey we had been on will always be treasured. Now go rest easy.'
Flowers have been left at the Sheepstor Road bus stop in Plymouth, Devon, where she is believed to have been snatched
Residents are in mourning again after a search for Bobbi was called off after a body was found
Bobbi-Anne's friends and loved-ones left moving messages for the teenager who was murdered over the past four days
