Gaynor Lord police say ‘no proof of third celebration involvement’

Police at the moment dominated out ‘third celebration involvement’ after a physique was discovered within the seek for lacking mom Gaynor Lord. 

The seek for Mrs Lord, 55, who was final seen strolling out of her office at Jarrolds division retailer over an hour earlier than her shift was as a consequence of finish and dashing via the streets of Norwich on December 8, had at the moment entered its second week.

Norfolk Police confirmed {that a} physique was discovered within the River Wensum this morning amid the seek for the married mother-of-three however formal identification has not but taken place. 

Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley mentioned that the case stays a lacking particular person’s inquiry and they don’t imagine she met anybody on the way in which to Wensum Park, the place her belongings have been discovered precisely every week in the past.

He informed reporters: ‘We stay open-minded to the circumstances of Gaynor’s disappearance, and we’ll proceed to pursue all traces of inquiry to determine why she went lacking. I’m eager to say this stays a lacking particular person inquiry at this stage.

‘I’m additionally happy in the meanwhile, based mostly on the proof that we’ve, that Gaynor didn’t meet anybody on the way in which to the park, and we now have a greater understanding of her actions via the town centre.’

The officer added: ‘I’d reiterate at this stage that there isn’t any proof of third celebration involvement. Nothing in our inquiries have modified this place.’

Specialist police divers have been seen looking an space of the River Wensum on Friday morning earlier than discovering a physique, which they then pulled out of the water in a black bag. 

Norfolk Police confirmed a physique had been retrieved and that whereas it has not been formally recognized, Gaynor’s household have been knowledgeable. They proceed to be supported by specifically skilled officers.

Police yesterday revealed that they’ve ‘some indications’ as to why Mrs Lord left work early on the day she vanished, but in addition admitted they haven’t been in a position to set up her mind-set when she went lacking with ‘any diploma of confidence’.

Possessions together with her rings, cell phone and clothes have been present in a park within the metropolis hours later, whereas her coat was within the close by river.

A police dive crew helping the seek for the mother-of-three at the moment carried out checks at a selected a part of the River Wensum in Norwich, inserting an orange buoy on the spot.

An Environment Agency search boat was stationed subsequent to the buoy on Friday morning as a dive crew truck arrived on the space simply after 11am.

Two members of the dive crew might be seen surveying the world, showing to test if the water was secure to enter.

The discovery was made shortly earlier than midday, solely about 100m downstream from Wensum Park, the place Mrs Lord was final seen alive.

Members of Norfolk Police underwater search crew within the deep water signalled to colleagues on the financial institution that one thing had been discovered.

A big white tent was arrange by the riverbank for privateness and a black physique bag was slipped into the water.

Shortly afterwards, the divers pulled the laden physique bag from the water, hidden from view by the tent.

The divers eliminated the thing from the water subsequent to the orange buoy which had been positioned within the river on Friday.

Earlier on Friday, the pal of lacking mom Gaynor Lord revealed her remorse after she was phoned by her simply half an hour earlier than she left work however needed to cling up after receiving one other name from a piece consumer.

Friend Julie Butcher had shared ‘gins and hugs’ with the mother-of-three simply days earlier than and the pair agreed to play tennis collectively after Christmas.

Ms Butcher informed Sky News: ‘I want I hadn’t have answered that decision. [I] Really want I hadn’t have answered that decision. And then she could have talked to me a bit extra or I might need came upon the rationale why she was calling me.’

She mentioned her pal requested her: ‘Where are you, the place are you?’, on the decision earlier than Ms Butcher promised to name her again – however when she did so 5 minutes later there was no reply. 

Then, she acquired one other name however thinks it was a pocket dial.

Ms Butcher informed GMB: ‘It was 4.15pm and she or he rang me once more. It appeared like a pocket name. It simply appeared like she was strolling. So I assumed, ‘oh she clearly hasn’t meant to name me’. I simply want I’d have saved her on the telephone and never taken that telephone name since you by no means know, she might need mentioned one thing.’

Speaking concerning the final time she noticed Mrs Lord, she mentioned: ‘She was blissful on Tuesday and we had a couple of gins along with her and the final time I noticed her she gave me a hug.’ 

She mentioned she was ‘upbeat’ and speaking about Christmas simply days earlier than she disappeared.

‘We have been speaking. She was a bit busy however we have been speaking about Christmas and she or he appeared nice, no completely different to the standard Gaynor. She was fairly upbeat and blissful,’ Ms Butcher informed the BBC.

Ms Butcher mentioned: ‘I maintain going over the dialog. If I hadn’t answered that decision [from her client] would she have talked to me?  I really feel horrible. I really feel so sorry for the household… It’s not like Gaynor to do that.’ 

Speaking to GMB, she mentioned of Mr Lord: ‘He appeared like he hadn’t slept. He sounded dreadful, as you’d in case your spouse hadn’t come dwelling.’

Speaking close to the spot in Wensum Park the place Mrs Lord is believed to have gone into the water, Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley of Norfolk Police mentioned it is going to take ‘a few days’ or longer to finish the search of the stretch of river, which has included utilizing sonar tools.

‘It’s very, very difficult – the river could be very, very filled with water with all of the rain, filled with numerous particles,’ he mentioned. The divers can see about one foot in entrance of them, so it is a very difficult atmosphere for them to work in.’

Mr Buckley added that the drive is conserving an open thoughts about what occurred to to Mrs Lord however that ‘every thing we all know is pointing to a excessive chance that Gaynor went into the water’.

‘We’ve acquired some indications as to why she behaved the way in which through which she did however what we’re doing is we’re simply working backwards now to really actually perceive what could have taken place.

‘We’re simply cautious of every thing we all know in the meanwhile as a result of clearly we have ended up within the scenario we’ve, which isn’t common.’ 

Mrs Lord’s colleagues have insisted her behaviour was regular previous to her disappearance. A co-worker on the retailer’s Bullards Gin concession mentioned she appeared her ‘regular, blissful self’ days earlier than.

A flooring supervisor within the metropolis centre retailer added: ‘There was nothing to counsel in any respect that one thing like this may occur… She did not present any indicators of misery or concern.’

But a pal of hers, who was a salesman at a close-by retailer, revealed yesterday that Mrs Lord had informed him she was ‘feeling a bit humorous’ shortly earlier than her disappearance.

‘It was very nonchalant. She mentioned she was feeling a bit humorous, a bit off,’ the person informed the Daily Telegraph. 

He added: ‘We had a short dialog about anxiousness. She did not say she did or did not endure with it… She had no psychological well being issues that I used to be conscious of.’

Police launched new CCTV footage yesterday exhibiting the final time Mrs Lord was caught on digicam, about ten minutes earlier than her second name to Ms Butcher.

Taken simply over an hour after she left the division retailer the place she works and several other hours earlier than her belongings have been discovered, she might be seen strolling calmly alongside St Augustines Street within the metropolis centre. 

She was later noticed by a girl, who mentioned Mrs Lord appeared ‘fairly calm’ as she carried out a yoga pose along with her coat on the bottom beside her.

Norfolk Police, who’ve acquired round 30 calls from members of the general public in response to appeals for info, do not imagine anybody else was concerned in her disappearance however haven’t dominated it out.

Chief Superintendent Buckley added: ‘We’re actually involved about her security. We are pursuing the inquiry that she’s lacking and alive.’

The drive has been liaising with Lancashire Police, which dealt with the investigation into Nicola Bulley, who went lacking in comparable circumstances earlier this yr. 

Her physique was discovered within the River Wyre and an inquest concluded she fell in and died of unintentional drowning.

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