CCTV launched of lacking mom Gaynor Lord

Police have launched CCTV of lacking mom Gaynor Lord, who has not been seen for 5 days.

Ms Lord, 55, was seen leaving a metropolis centre division retailer in Norwich the place she labored at 2.45pm on Friday however by no means made it house.

An enormous search has been underway, with police divers known as in after her coat was present in a river in a close-by park. 

Her garments, two rings, cell phone and glasses had been additionally found close by at round 8.10pm on the evening she went lacking.

Images and photographs launched by Norwich Police this afternoon present the lacking mom smiling as she left her place of business, earlier than she was noticed on digital camera working down a avenue within the metropolis centre together with her coat in hand.

Norwich Policing Commander, Superintendent Wes Hornigold, mentioned: ‘Today we’re releasing the footage of Gaynor’s final recognized steps on Friday afternoon earlier than she went lacking.

‘We hope this may assist to jog the reminiscence of anybody who could have seen her within the metropolis that afternoon or who could have footage of her journey.

‘We are notably eager on listening to from anybody who could have seen Gaynor within the cathedral grounds which she enters at 2.50pm and leaves at 3.23pm.

‘It’s not clear the place she goes contained in the cathedral grounds throughout this time so we’re eager to listen to from anybody who could have seen her there.

‘We are persevering with our in depth searches however would attraction to the general public to come back ahead with any data which can assist to search out Gaynor.

‘In the footage you possibly can clearly see what she was sporting when she went lacking.

‘This is a very nerve-racking time for her household and specialist officers proceed to offer help.’

It comes after a witness mentioned she noticed a lady matching Ms Lord’s description in Norwich’s Wensum Park – the place her garments had been later discovered – at round 4pm.

Rosie Richards, who lives domestically, mentioned: ‘It’s actually upsetting… I’m simply pondering of her family and friends, as a result of she is a type of related age to my mum and that might be terrible to be going by way of what they’re going by way of proper now.’

Police say the ‘most definitely state of affairs’ is that she entered the water.

The case is similar to that of Nicola Bulley, who sparked a high-profile search earlier this 12 months when she dropped off her two daughters in school in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire.

Her physique was discovered within the River Wyre on February 19, a few mile from the place she vanished whereas strolling her canine on January 27. 

Her cellphone and the canine’s harness had been found close by. An inquest in June concluded she unintentionally drowned.

Yesterday, Ms Lord’s daughters each reposted a number of variations of Norfolk Police appeals for details about their mom’s disappearance on Facebook.

Alexandra Lord, 22, wrote above one in every of them: ‘Please share, if anybody is aware of something please do contact the police! We need her house!’

Next to a different message she wrote: ‘Anything chances are you’ll know small or massive please contact the police!’ Elder sister Charlotte, 24, a vogue entrepreneur, additionally reposted the police appeals on Facebook.

Wensum Park has been closed to the general public since Saturday whereas specialist groups search on land and within the water.

The big police search operation within the centre of Norwich, entails 10 autos, a police drone and two search and rescue RIBS alongside the River Wensum.

She was final seen heading towards the Anglican Cathedral within the centre of Norwich on Friday earlier than she disappeared.

Later the identical day a member of the general public found her belongings within the metropolis’s Wensum Park, round a mile away from work. She was reported lacking after failing to return house.

Norwich Constabulary declared her lacking after they recognized the gadgets and discovered she’d did not return house from work that night.

A police spokeswoman added: ‘We will not be drawn on her mind-set. We are nonetheless attempting to ascertain the details. But it was fully out of character.’

Norwich policing commander Superintendent Wes Hornigold mentioned: ‘Gaynor left work early and did not take her regular route house. We have not been in a position to set up why she left early and her disappearance is out of character, so we’re naturally involved for her welfare.

‘There’s no proof that Gaynor has come to hurt and, whereas we’ve got a variety of enquiries ongoing, given the place her clothes was discovered and different gadgets, there’s a actual chance she has entered the water.’

Police are trawling by way of CCTV to try to hint Ms Lord’s actions throughout a five-hour window earlier than she was formally declared lacking by police late on Friday night.

Mr Hornigold, who mentioned the power was searching for help from different constabularies with diving experience, added: ‘This is clearly a distressing time for her household. We have specialist officers supporting them and proceed to maintain them up to date on our ongoing work.’

Gaynor married monetary advisor Clive Lord, 63, in 2014, and the pair had been previously co-directors of an organization known as Lord’s Wealth Management Ltd which was closed down in 2021. Mr Lord declined to remark.

Ms Lord has lived at a variety of addresses in Norwich with husband Clive, 63, an organization director, over the previous 20 years.

Their present house, which they purchased in 2005, is in a avenue the place bigger properties promote for £500,000.

Police revealed that she’d left her work as a retail assistant for spirits distiller Bullard Gin, based mostly on the metropolis’s Jarrold Department Store, at 2.45pm, earlier than her shift was because of finish at 4pm.

Later the identical day a member of the general public found her belongings within the metropolis’s Wensum Park, round a mile away from work. She was reported lacking after failing to return house.

Norwich Constabulary declared her lacking after they recognized the gadgets and discovered she’d did not return house from work that night.

Police divers, assisted by hearth crews and the coastguard, scoured the close by River Wensum yesterday utilizing sonar gear and mentioned they must be ‘open to the likelihood that Gaynor has entered the water’.

Officers have additionally used drones and foot searches to seek for additional clues and mentioned they don’t suspect third occasion involvement.

A spokesperson for the power mentioned the park would stay closed as they hunt for additional details about Gaynor’s whereabouts.

Superintendent Wes Hornigold earlier mentioned earlier: ‘We’re doing every part we will to search out Gaynor and based mostly on what we have discovered within the park, this stays our focus for the searches.

‘Clearly, given the close by waterways, we do must be open to the likelihood that Gaynor has entered the water and we have carried out in depth searches on the river this weekend.

‘Naturally, our focus will now begin to transfer to underwater searches and we’re searching for assist from specialist groups to assist with this advanced job.

‘Our precedence is to search out Gaynor and the park will stay closed whereas these searches proceed. We’d ask the area people to bear with us whereas this takes place.

‘This is clearly a distressing time for her household and we proceed to maintain them up to date of ongoing work on this case.’

Ms Lord, who has blonde shoulder-length hair in a bob, is described as white and 5ft 6 inches.

Wensum Park was opened in 1925 and has a kids’s paddling pool, a playground and a pavilion.

A labyrinth was put in within the centre as a part of town’s millennium celebrations.