Police have ’some indications’ why lacking Gaynor Lord left work early on the day she vanished, it emerged yesterday.
The mother-of-three walked out of her office over an hour earlier than her shift was because of finish and hurried via the streets of Norwich.
Possessions together with her rings, cell phone and clothes had been present in a park within the metropolis hours later, whereas her coat was in a close-by river.
Talking close to the spot in Wensum Park the place Mrs Lord, 55, is believed to have gone into the water, Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley of Norfolk Police mentioned: ’We have got some indications as to why she behaved the best way by which she did however what we’re doing is we’re simply working backwards now to truly actually perceive what could have taken place.
’We’re simply cautious of every little thing we all know for the time being as a result of clearly we have ended up within the scenario we’ve, which isn’t common.’
The mother-of-three (pictured) walked out of her office over an hour earlier than her shift was because of finish and hurried via the streets of Norwich
Police launched new CCTV footage yesterday displaying the final time Mrs Lord was caught on digital camera, about ten minutes earlier than her second name to Ms Butcher
Mrs Lord’s colleagues have insisted her behaviour was regular previous to her disappearance. A co-worker on the Bullards Gin concession mentioned she appeared her ’regular, pleased self’ days earlier than.
A flooring supervisor within the division retailer added: ’There was nothing to counsel in any respect that one thing like this is able to occur… She did not present any indicators of misery or concern.’
However 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 Each day Telegraph.
He added: ’We had a short dialog about nervousness. She did not say she did or did not undergo with it… She had no psychological well being issues that I used to be conscious of.’
Mrs Lord’s pal Julie Butcher mentioned she acquired two telephone calls from the mom on the day of her disappearance. About half an hour earlier than she left the division retailer, Mrs Lord referred to as and requested the place Ms Butcher was.
Ms Butcher was pressured to chop the dialog brief after receiving one other name from a piece consumer, however promised to name again.
The pal mentioned she tried to ring Mrs Lord a couple of minutes later however couldn’t get via, including: ’I believe she was nonetheless at work when she referred to as me, I do not know. However possibly that is why she could not reply.’
Ms Butcher acquired one other name from the lacking mom at 4.15pm however mentioned it ’gave the impression of a pocket name’.
Divers within the river at Wensum Park in the present day because the seek for Gaynor Lord continues
The pal mentioned: ’I hold 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 isn’t like Gaynor to do that.’
Police launched new CCTV footage yesterday displaying the final time Mrs Lord was caught on digital camera, 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 a number of other hours earlier than her belongings had been discovered, she may very well be seen strolling calmly alongside St Augustines Avenue 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.
Underwater searches had been persevering with yesterday. Chief Superintendent Buckley added: ’We’re actually involved about her security. We’re pursuing the inquiry that she’s lacking and alive.’
The power has been liaising with Lancashire Police, which dealt with the investigation into Nicola Bulley, who went lacking in related circumstances earlier this 12 months.
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.