A body found in the sea off South Wales is missing Scottish teenager Hollie McClymont, police have confirmed.
The 14-year-old, from Glasgow, had not been seen since she went swimming off Barry Island on Sunday.
More than 40 specialist officers were deployed in the search for the teenager, as well as a helicopter and Coastguards.
On Wednesday detectives broke the news Hollie’s family had been dreading a body had been found near to where the schoolgirl was last seen alive.
Later in the evening Chief Inspector Marc Lamerton, of South Wales Police, said the body had been formally identified.
He said: “We can confirm that a body recovered from the sea near Fontygary in the Vale of Glamorgan has been formally identified as that of 14-year-old Hollie McClymont.
“The body was discovered by a police search team this afternoon. Our thoughts are with Hollie’s family at this difficult time.”
St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School pupil Hollie had gone to South Wales with her mother, Sarah, for a holiday. Police said the family chose Barry Island because they have relatives living in the area.
St Thomas Aquinas headteacher Andrew McSorley said: “It was a terrible shock to learn of Hollie’s death. She was due to start fourth year in August and everyone at the school who knew her will be shocked and saddened by this awful news.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family as they deal with their devastating loss.”
The teenager was last seen getting into difficulty at around 2.45pm on Sunday off the coast of Whitmore Bay which is a popular destination for sun-seekers.
However, officers said emergency crews were not alerted to the incident until an hour after she was last seen, something Coastguards said they were “dumbfounded by”.
Once the alarm had been raised, life-savers sprang into action, calling on the skills and local knowledge of RNLI crews as well as deploying a helicopter in the area.
But 24 hours later, Coastguards said they had exhausted their efforts to find Hollie and formally handed the investigation over to police.
Mr Lamerton said her family in Barry and Glasgow were “devastated” when the teenager went missing.
Steffan Wiliam, a Barry resident and Plaid Cymru councillor at the Vale of Glamorgan Council, said: “This is awful, awful news the nightmare scenario we have all been worrying about.
“This is the most awful news we could have had. Our thoughts go out to the family at this awful time. The pain and grief they must be feeling now is terrible.”