{"id":39447,"date":"2023-12-15T14:48:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=39447"},"modified":"2023-12-15T14:49:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T14:49:43","slug":"gaynor-lord-body-found-in-river-wensum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2023\/12\/15\/gaynor-lord-body-found-in-river-wensum\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaynor Lord: Body found in River Wensum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gaynorlord-crop.png\" alt=\"Gaynor Lord, who has been missing for a week is sitting in a car.\" class=\"wp-image-39531\" style=\"width:1021px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gaynorlord-crop.png 492w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gaynorlord-crop-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gaynor Lord was identified by ID found in her bag at River Wensum. Image credit &#8211; Norfolk Constabulary <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.norfolk.police.uk\/news\/norfolk\/news\/news\/2023\/December\/gaynor-lord-search--body-found-in-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Police have found a body in the River Wensum<\/a> while searching for missing Norwich woman Gaynor Lord one week after her disappearance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norfolk Constabulary confirmed that underwater search teams recovered the body this morning from the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The body has not been formally identified, but Lord&#8217;s family has been informed and will &#8220;continue to be supported&#8221; by specially trained officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Police searching for missing Norwich woman Gaynor Lord can confirm a body has been found in the River Wensum. While the body hasn\u2019t formally been identified, Gaynor\u2019s family have been informed. They continue to be supported by specially trained officers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/owzde5sd4Z\">pic.twitter.com\/owzde5sd4Z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Norfolk Police (@NorfolkPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NorfolkPolice\/status\/1735636808900260027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 55-year-old mother-of-three went missing last Friday in Norwich after leaving her workplace at Jarrolds department store an hour earlier than scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her clothes, phone, and other accessories were found at different locations in Wensum Park after 8pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her coat, however, was found in the river running through the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They said there was a &#8220;high probability&#8221; that Lord entered the water and described her disappearance as &#8220;out of character&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will be more information from the police later today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A very sombre mood here around Wensum park after police confirm a body has been found in the search for missing mother Gaynor Lord. Police due to talk to the press at 2pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dYNhgSfgME\">pic.twitter.com\/dYNhgSfgME<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Raveena Ghattaura (@RGhattaura) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RGhattaura\/status\/1735650376760639747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have found a body in the River Wensum while searching for missing Norwich woman Gaynor Lord one week after her disappearance. Norfolk Constabulary confirmed that underwater search teams recovered the body this morning from the water. The body has not been formally identified, but Lord&#8217;s family has been informed and will &#8220;continue to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":289,"featured_media":39531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39447"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39556,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39447\/revisions\/39556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}