Family of Darren Orme pay tribute to their ‘loving brother with an infectious smile’
On 24 March 2024, officers sadly recovered the body of a man following a search in the Stadium Way area of Wigan that initially began on 6 March 2025.
He has now been formally identified as Darren Orme from Wigan- a man who his family have described as having a ‘heart of gold and a beautiful soul.’
We appreciate the public’s support in enabling our search teams to carry out their work and we would also like to thank everyone who shared our appeals in efforts to locate Darren.
Officers do not believe there are any suspicious circumstances surrounding Darren’s death and a file will now be prepared for the coroner.
Darren’s family have said:
Darren was a loving brother with a beautiful and infectious smile, he was truly the glue that held our family together.
He had a heart of gold and a beautiful soul, he always saw the good in everyone. He was confident yet quirky but also vulnerable in his own way. He possessed a playful and mischievous character.
Darren loved his football, and he was a passionate Wigan Athletic fan. We’ve always described Darren as Latics royalty, and these past few weeks have really shown our family just how much he means to our community.
The messages of support and efforts to search for him have been truly amazing.”
Darren meant the absolute world to us, he will be greatly missed by his family and all of us that knew and loved him.”
