Underwater search teams are continuing to scour the River Wensum after the mother failed to return home from work on Friday



Norfolk Police have released the final CCTV footage of Gaynor Lord as witnesses say she was doing yoga in the park just before she went missing.

The footage shows the 55-year-old walking along St Augustine’s Street at 4:01pm on her way to Wensum Park on Friday.

Ms Lord was reported missing after she failed to return home after she left work in Norwich city centre.

The mother-of-three’s belongings, including clothing, two rings, a mobile phone and glasses, were found scattered in Wensum Park – around 1.5 miles from her workplace.

Witness Rosie Richards said she saw a woman fitting the Ms Lord’s description in the park last Friday.

“She was sort of putting her coat down on the floor and sort of performing a yoga pose. It just seemed a bit off at this time because obviously it was starting to get dark,” Ms Richards added.

Underwater search teams are continuing their search the River Wensum and told reporters on Thursday afternoon that they “can’t explain” some of Ms Lord’s behaviour in the CCTV footage.

The force added that they expect the search could take several more days.

Last CCTV sighting of Gaynor Lord released

Norfolk Police have released the last CCTV sighting of Gaynor Lord before she went missing on Friday.

The footage shows the 55-year-old walking along St Augustine’s Street at 4:01pm on her way to Wensum Park six days ago.

Search could take ‘days or longer’ to complete

Norfolk Police have said the search for Gaynor Lord could take “a couple of days” or longer as specialist divers face an “extraordinarily challenging environment”.

Speaking to media at Wensum Park in Norwich, Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley said: “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.”

He added that divers are putting sonar equipment across the river to assist in the search.

Watch: Police say 30 people have come forward with information

Norfolk police have issued an update on the ongoing search for Gaynor Lord.

Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley told reporters at Wensum Park that 30 people had come forward with information and that the force is pursuing several lines of inquiry.

He said: “Everything we know is pointing to a high probability that Gaynor went into the water. That would be from CCTV, the very limited witnesses we’ve got at the moment and other lines of inquiry we’re pursuing.”

Police 'can’t explain’ behaviour in lead up to disappearance

Giving an update to reporters on the scene of the search for missing Gaynor Lord, Norfolk police said they “can’t explain some of her behaviour” on the day she went missing.

Speaking from Wensum Park, Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley said that while everything they know currently points to a high probability that Ms Lord entered the water, they are pursuing multiple lines of inquiry.

One line of inquiry they are pursuing is about Ms Lord’s behaviour in the lead-up to her disappearance.

“Some of this behaviour is out of character, we can’t explain some of her behaviour that day,” Mr Buckley said.