Police find body in search for missing mum-of-three last seen a week ago
A body has been found in the search for missing mum-of-three Gaynor Lord who hasn't been seen for a week, police have announced.
This morning, a police dive team assisting in the search for Gaynor, 55, was seen pulling a large object in a black bag from the River Wensum in Norwich. They had been carrying out checks at a specific part of the river, with an orange buoy placed on the spot earlier that morning.
Norfolk Police said although the body has not been formally identified, Ms Lord’s family have been informed. Speaking at a press conference later on Friday afternoon Chief superintendent Dave Buckley confirmed the body found was a woman's and stressed there is no evidence of third party involvement.
An Environment Agency search boat was stationed next to the buoy as a dive team truck arrived at the area just after 11am. Two members of the speacialist unit could be seen surveying the area, appearing to check if the water was safe to enter. The buoy was positioned around 100 metres down stream from where the main focus of Thursday's search for Ms Lord had taken place.
Police divers with flippers could be seen ready to enter the water in a park area further along the river but after a phone call was received, their kit was packed up and personnel got back in their truck and rediverted.
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A body has been found in the hunt for Gaynor Lord, who was last seen a week ago (PA)In a short statement today, the force said: “Police searching for missing Norwich woman Gaynor Lord can confirm a body has been found in the River Wensum. The body was found in the river by underwater search teams this morning and has now been recovered from the water. While the body hasn’t formally been identified, Gaynor’s family have been informed. They continue to be supported by specially trained officers.”
Some of Ms Lord's belongings, including clothing, jewellery and a mobile phone, were found in the park on the same day she disappeared. Wensum Park is around 1.5 miles away from her workplace at Jarrold department store and her coat was discovered in the river, which runs through the park.
The buoy in the water in Norwich (PA)Police had been keen to find out what had happened in the 34 minutes Ms Lord had been seen entering and leaving Norwich Cathedral on Friday. They released CCTV of her leaving work and looking in a hurry as she crossed the road in some of her last known movements.
Officers had said there is a “high probability” that Ms Lord went into the River Wensum. Norfolk Police previously said they have not been able to establish Ms Lord’s state of mind when she went missing with “any degree of confidence”.
Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley said they were keeping an open mind about what happened to Ms Lord but “everything we know is pointing to a high probability that Gaynor went into the water”.
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