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Gaynor Lord latest: Disappearance 'still missing person case' after body found in river in Norwich

Gaynor Lord disappeared a week ago in Norwich after leaving work early. The search concentrated on a river after her belongings were found near by.

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We're ending our coverage for today, but before we go, here is a recap of the key events:

  • The body of a woman was recovered from the River Wensum in Norwich, but no formal identification has taken place;
  • The case of Gaynor Lord remains a missing person inquiry;
  • Police are still looking for an explanation for her disappearance;
  • But they have begun to get some understanding of her behaviour beforehand, such as leaving work early and spending time in the gardens of a cathedral.
Flowers left at park near where body found

Flowers have been left at Wensum Park, Norwich, after the body of a woman was recovered from its river.

A note attached to one bouquet read: "Gaynor may you be at peace. God bless your family."

Police have reiterated the case of Gaynor Lord remains a missing person inquiry, and that no formal identification of the body has yet taken place.

Analysis: Still no reason found for disappearance - but police starting to understand some behaviour

Police have repeated they are still trying to understand the reason for Gaynor Lord's disappearance, our crime correspondent Martin Brunt says.

Officers have been looking into Mrs Lord's mobile phone, recovered in the park near the river bank, and "nothing there, clearly, so far at least, has shown any suggestion that she had arranged to meet anybody", he said.

Yesterday police "told us they were beginning to get some understanding" of why she left work early, spent half an hour in the gardens of a cathedral and hurried along a busy road before she went missing.

"If you look at the CCTV, some aspects of it, the idea that she's in a hurry suggests that she is perhaps rushing for an appointment or a meeting," he says, adding police say there was no evidence Mrs Gaynor met anybody.

A post mortem examination will take place to decipher how the person found in the river died, he says.

Police: This remains a missing person case

Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley, Norfolk Constabulary, is speaking.

He confirms the body of a woman was found in the River Wensum but formal identification has not yet taken place.

"We remain open-minded to the circumstances of Gaynor's disappearance," he says, adding it is still a missing person case.

"Our thoughts are with Gaynor's family at this difficult and distressing time."

Mrs Lord did not meet anybody on the way to Wensum Park, he says.

"There is no evidence of third-party involvement."

What has happened today

A body has been found in the search for missing mother-of-three Gaynor Lord, police say.

The 55-year-old was last seen after she left work early at Jarrolds department store in Norwich city centre at 2.45pm on Friday, 8 December.

A specialist dive team had been combing a stretch of the River Wensum where officers said there was a "high probability" Mrs Lord had entered the water.

Police had previously said they have not been able to establish Mrs Lord's state of mind when she went missing with "any degree of confidence".

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Pictures show police divers searching river

Pictures taken by the Press Association showed police divers working at the River Wensum in Wensum Park, Norwich, where a body was found.

Gaynor Lord's belongings, including clothing, two rings, a mobile phone and glasses, were found scattered in the park. 

Her coat was discovered in the river, which runs through it.

Police to give update

Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley is expected to give an update within the next hour.

This is the first update from police since they located a body in the search for Gaynor Lord.

We will bring you the key points from the briefing when it begins.

Police 'cannot explain' what happened to Gaynor

Police had "virtually ruled out" the possibility of a crime and "can't explain" what happened to Mrs Lord, our crime correspondent Martin Brunt has said.

"As the days progressed - and it's a week since she vanished - there was perhaps a sense of inevitability," he says.

At 9am this morning, search teams prepared to begin another day around the river at Wensum Park.

"They weren't there for long: after about half an hour they packed up," he says, adding they left an orange buoy marking a location in the river.

A diving team arrived, with one entering the river equipped with a body bag, he says.

The body was moved on to the bank of the river, where a white tent was erected.

"We await formal identification, but I think everything indicates that the body of Gaynor Lord - barring formal identification - has now been recovered."

Body found in search for missing woman

Police have found a body in a Norfolk river in the search for Gaynor Lord.

The body was located by underwater search teams in River Wensum this morning, Norfolk Constabulary said.

Officers have since recovered the body, which has not been formally identified.

Her family have been informed and are being supported by officers, police said.

Friend says she missed call from Gaynor minutes after last CCTV sighting

 A friend of missing mother Gaynor Lord says she missed a call from her minutes after she was last sighted in CCTV footage.

Julie Butcher told Sky News she received two phone calls from the 55-year-old on the day she went missing in Norfolk.

The calls were timed at around 2.37pm - a few minutes before she left work early - and then again at 4.15pm on Friday 8 December, after the last CCTV sighting of her.

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