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.
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