Detectives searching for missing Gaynor Lord have released new footage of what they say is the last sighting of her on CCTV before she disappeared.
The 34-second clip shows the 55-year-old, wearing glasses and a long coat, walking along St Augustines Street in Norwich, which is busy with passing traffic, at 4.01pm on Friday December 8.
Mother-of-three Ms Lord disappeared after leaving work early from Norwich city centre at 2.45pm the day before, at around 8pm. Her belongings were reported found in Wensum Park – around 1.5 miles away from her workplace at Jarrold department store.
Norfolk Constabulary believes “it is likely” Ms Lord may have entered the River Wensum after her clothing, mobile phone, glasses and jewellery, including two rings, were discovered at various locations in the park.
A huge search is ongoing by specialist divers, who the force said are working in an “extraordinarily challenging environment”.
Speaking to media at the scene, Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley said it will take “a couple of days” or longer to complete the search of the stretch of river.
“We’re putting sonar equipment across the river, which is quite detailed in allowing us to try and target divers to where we think there might be objects,” he said.
“But equally, it’s very, very challenging. The river is very, very full of water with all the rain, full of lots of debris. The divers can see about one foot in front of them.
“So it’s an extraordinarily challenging environment for them to work in so it’s slow, methodical at the moment, working with equipment and it will take probably a couple of days to get to a position where we’re kind of content with what we’ve done. It may even be longer.”
