A SEARCH has been launched to find the next-of-kin of a man who was pronounced dead after being pulled from the Mersey.

Liverpool Coroner's office is appealing for help in tracing the whereabouts of the family of Kenneth Carter who died in Liverpool yesterday, Thursday. 

The 72-year-old, who lived in St Helens, is believed to have two grown-up sons and may have been born in Penketh.

There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.

Anyone with information is asked to call coroner's investigation officer Pamela Robbins on 0151 233 0133.