Patrick Halpin, who was 18, is believed to have fallen from the higher roof of the Burger King restaurant onto a lower one, thought to be that of the Zoo Bar where he had been with friends from college.
A Metropolitan Police Service spokesman said: 'We believe he gained access to the Burger King roof and fell down to a lower roof'.
The body of Patrick Halpin, 18, was found on an
enclosed roof last night - he is thought to have fallen from the higher
roof of the Burger King restaurant in Leicester Square onto a lower one
after going up a fire escape
Zoo Bar and Club remained closed today while police tried to piece together Patrick's last moments
Tribute: Flowers were laid today near the spot where the popular Irish student is believed to have fallen to his death
Patrick's body was found at 7.50pm last night. He was last seen shortly after midnight on Wednesday when he left Zoo Bar in Bear Street, just off Leicester Square, to get food from Burger King.
He is believed to have climbed up the external fire escape to get onto the roof before falling onto another enclosed roof area.
Patrick's body was found after police traced his mobile phone signal, and discovered CCTV showing him climbing up the stairs.
Scotland Yard are still trying to establish whether there were any suspicious circumstances to the death.
One local worker said the stairs were behind a door that was usually kept locked.
The student had been visiting the capital on a trip with his college when he disappeared in freezing temperatures wearing just a pair of jeans and a blue T-shirt.
His sister, Regina Halpin, had earlier issued an appeal on Facebook to help find her brother.
She wrote: '(Patrick) was in London on a trip this week and went missing from a nightclub last night and hasn’t been seen since.'
'He was in The Zoo nightclub just of Leicester Square and left to go to Burger King but did not return home. He should have been staying in the Astor Museum Hostel, Bloomsbury, London,' she added.
She said Patrick's friends became worried about him when he failed to pick up tickets to the musical The Book Of Mormon which he had been particularly looking forward to seeing.
Hours later his frantic family mounted a search of the area.
Popular student: Friends said Patrick had been looking forward to watching The Book Of Mormon musical
Scene: A body was found at around 7.50pm last
night in an enclosed area (pictured) between Zoo Bar, where Mr Halpin
had spent the evening, and a nearby Burger King
Scene: A photo taken today of the alley where the body of a teenager was found
Discovery: The body was found in the alley near between Zoo Bar, where the 18-year-old was, and a Burger King
Warning: A sign on a door above a stairwell
tells people to keep. There is believed to footage of the missing
student climbing an external stairwell which leads up to the roof
Police officers stand in an alleyway off Charing
Cross Road, close to Leicester Square in central London, after the body
was found
No entry: A police officers blocks the entrance
to an alleyway in central London after a body was found. The body is
believed to be that of missing Irish student Patrick Halpin
Emergency response teams line up in Leicester
Square after a body, believed to be that of missing Irish student
Patrick Halpin, was found nearby
The body believed to be that of Patrick Halpin
was found in Leicester Square just as celebrities were leaving premiere
of Cuban Fury. Investigators think Patrick may have fallen from this
rooftop
Mr Halpin was last been scene leaving Zoo Bar to
get some food. He was wearing only a t-shirt and jeans, despite
freezing temperatures
Error: Yesterday Patrick Halpin's family were
mistakenly informed that the teenager had checked in for his flight home
to Ireland. They later found out that the airline had made a mistake
Last night a police spokesman said: 'Enquiries are underway to establish the identity of the deceased.'
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