Gaynor Lord lacking RECAP: Norwich mom ‘seemingly entered the water’

• Missing mother-of-three Gaynor Lord was ‘upbeat and glad’ and speaking about Christmas simply days earlier than she disappeared, a buddy has stated.
• Her buddy Julie Butcher stated she appeared ‘high-quality’ after they final met on Tuesday final week.
• ‘We had been speaking. She was a bit busy however we had been speaking about Christmas and she or he appeared high-quality, no totally different to the same old Gaynor. She was fairly upbeat and glad,’ Ms Butcher informed the BBC.

• Norfolk Constabulary say they haven’t been capable of set up Ms Lord’s mind-set with ‘any diploma of confidence’.
• Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley tells reporters that the drive is maintaining an open thoughts about what occurred to Ms Lord however ‘every little thing we all know is pointing to a excessive chance that Gaynor went into the water’.

As the search comes as much as its seventh day tomorrow, MailOnline seems at what we all know to date:

• Norfolk Police have stated that ‘nothing of significance’ has to date come to mild which might cause them to change the course of their investigation.
• It was earlier reported that 30 individuals had come ahead since police requested data regarding Gaynor Lord’s disappearance.
• Information shared by members of the general public continues to be being assessed, police stated.

Gaynor Lord’s buddy Julie Butcher stated she obtained two telephone calls from the mom on the day of her disappearance.

The first was at 2.15pm when Mrs Lord referred to as and requested the place Ms Butcher was.

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Gaynor’s husband Clive Lord, 63, is claimed to be ‘in bits’, her sister-in-law Susan Sinclair informed The Sun, with all of them hoping she will likely be discovered ‘secure and nicely’.

‘Clive is in bits, clearly, however he is received his two daughters there supporting him, she stated.

‘Our different brother Simon, like me, is simply hoping for excellent news. We’re all simply very shocked.

‘There’s nothing we are able to do in the mean time besides hope that she’s discovered secure and nicely.’

Specialist diving groups, three forms of sonar and a specialist underwater drone are getting used within the search of the River Wensum.

• Underwater drone being utilized by Lancashire Fire and Rescue, who’re serving to with the search
• Three forms of sonar – which makes use of sound to detect objects – are getting used from a ship
• If an object is recognized, a dive workforce will likely be deployed
• Water based mostly searches have been carried out since Friday involving the Constabulary’s Marine Unit, Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, Coastguard and NorLSAR
• These searches have been each floor and underwater. Norfolk Police has additionally been liaising with the National Crime Agency (NCA) round specialist underwater functionality

Police stated that divers are working with poor visiblity in 4C water.

Chief Superintendent Buckley stated: ‘They’re swimming in opposition to the circulation of the river, which could be very tough, and looking with subsequent to zero visibility and in a scientific method.

‘It’s very time-consuming as a result of it’s a big space to look and we should be sure that we lined each possible inch of water.’

A spokesman for Bullards Gin in Jarrolds division strore – the place Gaynor Lord was seen leaving on Friday (under) – informed the BBC they had been ‘serving to police with their enquiries’.

The video under exhibits the 55-year-old strolling alongside St Augustine’s Street in Norwich final Friday simply after 4pm and is the final sighting of her on movie earlier than she went lacking.

She is seen one thing as she walks down the road.

Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley revealed the drive ‘cannot clarify a few of her behaviour that day’, including that they had been talking to mates and family members and making an attempt to work out who she had been spoken to within the days earlier than she went lacking.

Watch as Norfolk Police’s Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley briefs reporters on the most recent within the seek for lacking mom Gaynor Lord.

Ch Supt Buckley stated that 30 individuals had contacted the police with data regarding the disappearance of Gaynor Lord on Friday December 8.

He stated: ‘We’ve had 30 members of the general public come ahead to date on account of all of the work and press we have put out. I might simply encourage anyone who has seen something, nonetheless insignificant it could be, to name into the police and inform us what you already know.

‘Every piece of data will assist.’

Ch Supt Buckley has confirmed that Norfolk Police is working with Lancashire Police, which carried out the seek for tragic Nicola Bulley at first of this yr.

He informed reporters: ‘We’ve reached out to Lancashire, to the investigators that labored on that case to seek out out something we are able to study and we are going to apply it…we’re doing every little thing we are able to to progress this inquiry.

‘They are serving to us, and when that case was concluded the College of Policing together with the National Crime Agency should do a variety of work about what might be realized, what might be utilized.

‘it could be by way of search ways and even how the police work together and cope with asking the general public for assist, and all of that we re-apply in our personal enquiries.’

Ch Supt Buckley says the search stays a lacking particular person’s inquiry, including {that a} focus of the investigation is Gaynor Lord’s behaviour on the day she disappeared, when he described as ‘out of character’.

He continued: ‘At the second the CCTV is telling us that she left work and she or he made her method over a time period to the river the place she was seen.

‘Nobody has seen her go into the water however we all know she ended up within the park. At the second there’s nothing else that the CCTV has proven us about who she might have spoken to, any interactions she might need had.

‘Some of this behaviour is out of character. We cannot clarify a few of her behaviour that day.

‘We’re working carefully with the household, with mates, with anyone else that will have had contact along with her in latest days and weeks to attempt to perceive what might need occurred.’

He added: ‘We’re supporting the family and friends as shut as we are able to. People are very shocked by what’s occurred and no one is aware of why she’s executed what she’s executed.

‘We will simply should work to see if we are able to discover it out. This stays a lacking particular person’s inquiry.’

Asked why police had been so positive the lacking mom had entered the River Wentsum, Ch Supt Buckley added: ‘There are numerous strains of inquiry that we’re pursuing however every little thing that we all know is pointing to a excessive chance that Gaynor went into the water.

‘That could be from the CCTV, from the very restricted witnesses we have got accessible to us and different strains of inquiry that we’re pursuing about Gaynor’s behaviour within the lead as much as her disappearance.

‘At the second the river is a extremely key issue for us.

‘That’s to not say that different specialist police groups aren’t engaged on different strains of inquiry, as a result of they’re, however in the mean time you might be seeing that intensive effort across the looking of the water and the parks round this space.’

Ch Supt Dave Buckley, County Policing Commander of Norfolk Police, has issued an replace on the seek for Gaynor Lord because the hunt continues for the lacking mom alongside the banks of the River Wentsum, the place her garments had been discovered.

Speaking to reporters on the riverside on Thursday afternoon, he stated the ‘working speculation’ stays that the 55-year-old entered the water.

He informed reporters: ‘The investigation continues to be very a lot targeted on the river. Our working speculation stays that Gaynor is within the river, though we’re exploring different strains, as you’d count on us to maintain a really open thoughts.

‘That’s why you’ve got seen fairly a substantial intensive searches of the river at this time.

‘A specialist workforce from Lincolnshire can also be helping us so we’re placing sonar gear throughout the river in the mean time which is kind of detailed and permitting us to focus on divers to the place there could also be objects.

‘Equally it is very very difficult. The river could be very, very filled with water with all of the rain, filled with a lot of particles, the divers can see about one foot in entrance of them, so it is a very extraordinary difficult surroundings for them to work in.

‘It’s gradual and methodical in the mean time. It will take a few days for us to be content material with what we have executed. It might even be longer.’

Lancashire Police have now confirmed their involvement within the Gaynor Lord case.

A spokesman informed MailOnline at this time: ‘We have been contacted by our colleagues at Norfolk Constabulary in relation to their ongoing seek for lacking lady Gaynor Lord.

‘While now we have not been requested for any officers or search assets, we are going to present any assist or recommendation as requested.’

Peter Faulding, who claims he discovered Nicola Bulley’s physique ‘after simply six minutes’ of wanting solely to be informed by police it was ‘nothing’, has provided to assist in one other lacking individuals case.

He tweeted: ‘We would fortunately help the household freed from cost. They at present have search groups on scene however the extra experience the higher. Let’s hope Gaynor is alive someplace.’

Police search groups are seen persevering with to hunt the River Wensum for clues within the disappearance of lacking mom Gaynor Lord.

Norfolk Police has confirmed that Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley will maintain a briefing for journalists at Wensum Park between 2pm-3pm this afternoon.

The photos under present police utilizing sonar gear at New Mills Yard which is round 0.7miles away from Wensum Park.

Specialist divers are additionally looking the water within the park once more.

Graham Usher, the Bishop of Norwich, stated on X at this time: ‘Prayers provided right here for the security of lacking Norwich lady Gaynor Lord, for her household and mates, and the emergency providers who’re trying to find her.

As we talked about earlier, Gaynor Lord visited Norwich Cathedral for simply over half-hour earlier than she went lacking.

She was seen leaving the cathedral grounds however by no means returned house.

Gaynor Lord, 55, is a mother-of-three who’s considered married to a profitable monetary adviser. He has not but commented on the case.

The lacking mom works as a retail help for Bullards Gin, at Jarrold’s division retailer in Norfolk, the place she was seen leaving early on the day she went lacking.

Mrs Lord was carrying a white shirt and yellow tank high with a big olive-coloured coat excessive and a shawl when she went lacking.

She is described as being 5ft 6ins and has blonde shoulder size hair in a bob.

Norfolk Police officers are talking to detectives from Lancashire Constabulary who led to the seek for Nicola Bulley – a mom who disappeared after dropping her two daughters in school in St Michael’s on Wyre on January 27.

Her physique was discovered within the River Wyre on February 19, a couple of mile from the place she vanished whereas strolling her canine. An inquest concluded her dying was unintended.

Norfolk Police have confirmed that Mrs Lord’s coat was found within the River Wensum, which runs by means of Wensum Park.

The photos under present police looking the New Mills Yard space of the River Wensum in Norwich this morning. They are additionally utilizing sonar gear as a part of their search efforts.

Norfolk Police has continued its determined seek for Gaynor Lord this morning, with specialist officers once more looking the water.

Mrs Lord’s belongings, together with clothes, two rings, a telephone and glasses, had been discovered within the park – which the River Wensum runs by means of. Her coat was discovered within the river.

A spokesperson for Norfolk Police confirmed to MailOnline that the final recognized CCTV picture of Mrs Lord will likely be launched later at this time.

Outlandish theories on social media resembling TikTok embrace a serial killer on the unfastened who murdered Nicola Bulley earlier this yr earlier than putting in Norwich, police ‘protecting up’ the reality, and a rapist attacking the mother-of-three.

A member of the family of Ms Lord’s, who requested to not be named, informed the Mail yesterday: ‘There’s been a lot of issues being stated, like ”Has she run away with anyone?” and issues like that.

‘It’s not very useful. It’s laborious sufficient as it’s.’

The investigation into Mrs Bulley’s disappearance in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, in January was marred by conspiracy theorists and armchair detectives opining about what occurred.

Her household criticised the ‘wildly inaccurate hypothesis’ on-line over her dying after an inquest discovered no proof of third-party involvement.

Mrs Bulley’s physique was discovered within the River Wyre after a three-week search and a coroner concluded in June she had died from unintended drowning.

Police have launched CCTV to assist their investigation into the disappearance of Gaynor Lord.

They hope it should jog the reminiscence of any members of the general public who might have seen Mrs Lord.

FRIDAY 2.45pm – CCTV issued by Norfolk Police of lacking Gaynor Lord leaving work on the Bullards Gin counter within the basement at Jarrold division retailer in Norwich on December 8

FRIDAY 2.47pm – Gaynor Lord is seen in Norwich strolling alongside London Street previous Cosy Club

FRIDAY 2.48pm – Gaynor Lord makes her method onto Queens Street earlier than crossing into Tombland and strolling in the direction of Norwich Cathedral

FRIDAY 3.22pm – Gaynor Lord is seen leaving the Cathedral grounds about half-hour later. At 3.49pm she is noticed on CCTV close to the Playhouse on St George’s Street earlier than strolling alongside St Crispins Road in the direction of Pitt Street. At 4.01pm she walks up St Augustines Street

Gaynor Lord might have met a thriller particular person at Norwich Cathedral simply hours earlier than she disappeared, it was reported final evening.

Police are attempting to piece collectively what occurred to the lacking mom in a vital 34-minute interval.

Mrs Lord left her work at a division retailer in Norwich at 2.45pm on Friday strolling across the metropolis centre earlier than coming into the cathedral space a couple of minutes later.

She was then not seen till 3.22pm after being noticed leaving the church quarter.

The closing sighting of her on CCTV was then captured at 4.01pm however she by no means returned house.

You can watch what Rosie Richards talking about how she noticed Gaynor Lord performing a yoga pose in Wensum Park, Norwich, final Friday – moments earlier than she vanished.

Allan Weston, the stepbrother of lacking Gaynor Lord, has admitted that her disapperance is ‘correct out of character’.

As a serious search led by Norfolk Police continued, Mr Weston informed The Sun: ‘We simply hope she comes again secure. If anybody does know something please come ahead.

‘It’s been just a few days now since she went lacking so we’re very apprehensive. This is correct out of character. She has by no means gone lacking or something like that earlier than.’

• Rosie Richards stated she noticed a lady becoming Mrs Lord’s description at Wensum Park in Norwich final Friday afternoon and described her as showing ‘fairly calm’
• But the witness, who lives close by, claimed one thing ‘simply appeared a bit off’ as a result of it was getting darkish on the time round 4pm
• Mrs Lord is claimed to have put her coat on the bottom and carried out a yoga pose
• Her private results had been later discovered on the park and her coat was within the River Wensum, which runs by means of it

Police have stated that Mrs Lord’s household is being supported by specialists officers.

Her youngsters have beforehand stated on social media that ‘we wish her house’.

Mrs Lord’s husband Clive, 63, a monetary adviser, has not commented on the case.

But her half-brother Allan Weston, 43, who lives in Blackpool, stated: ‘We are all very apprehensive. It is out of character and we simply need her house.’

Police in Norfolk are engaged on the idea that there was no third-party involvement in Mrs Lord’s disappearance.

Supt Wes Hornigold stated: ‘There’s nothing inside these these CCTV photos that might give us any rise for concern.

‘All of the work we have been doing over the previous couple of days has given us no concern by way of any third social gathering involvement in any way.

‘Our speculation stays that Gaynor has gone into the water, right here at Wensum Park.’

If you might be simply becoming a member of us, here’s what has occurred since Gaynor Lord was final seen in Norwich.

• Mrs Lord was pictured on CCTV at 2.45pm on Friday leaving the division retailer the place she labored
• She was then noticed on CCTV strolling onto London Street in Norwich two minutes later
• Mrs Lord is then seen strolling onto Queens Street earlier than crossing into Tombland the place she walked in the direction of Norwich Cathedral at 2.48pm
• After spending half-hour within the grounds of the Cathedral, she walks alongside St Augustin Street.
• A brand new witness claims that she noticed a lady matching Mrs Lord’s description doing yoga in Wensum Park at round 4pm on Friday.
• Later that night, at 8.10pm, police discover her belongings. She has been reported lacking by this level
• On Sunday, police shut the park after extra of her belongings together with jewelry are discovered
• On Monday, specialist groups use drone and sonar gear to look the realm however discover nothing
• On Tuesday, police start underwater searches after her coat is discovered within the water
• On Wednesday, police launch CCTV footage of Mrs Lord strolling up St Augustines Street
• Norfolk Police is constant its main search

You can observe right here for all the most recent developments because the seek for lacking mom Gaynor Lord enters its sixth day.

Norfolk Police is main the seek for Mrs Lord who was final seen on Friday smiling as she left work within the CCTV picture shared by cops under.