Gaynor Lord cops reveal why mum is a ‘high priority’ missing person as they confirm fresh focus of search
COPS desperately searching for mum Gaynor Lord have revealed she is a "high-priority" missing person.
It's been almost a week since the 55-year-old was last seen, with her loved ones and police frantically searching for her ever since.
Cops yesterday released CCTV footage of the mum smiling before she walked out the door of work - then rushing along the streets of Norwich.
Police put the video and photos out in the hopes someone may come forward with any information to help find Gaynor.
And today the force put out another plea.
Norfolk Constabulary Supt Wes Hornigold asked for the public's help as Gaynor is a "high-priority" as it's so unlike her to vanish like this.
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The officer said: “Gaynor has been a high-priority missing person from the outset because of the nature of her disappearance and because this is so out of character.
"As time goes by our concerns increase - as do the family’s as well, so we are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare.
“We are working with people in the cathedral to try and understand what happened.”
Gaynor's step-brother echoed how "out-of-character" it was for the mum to disappear.
Allan Weston today made a desperate appeal for information.
He said: "We just hope she comes back safe.
“If anyone does know anything please come forward.
“It's been a few days now since she went missing so we are very worried. This is proper out-of-character.
“She has never gone missing or anything like that before."
It comes as...
- Gaynor Lord vanished on Friday evening after leaving work early
- The mum's clothes are found in ‘various locations’ in park
- Gaynor's daughter pleads: "We want her home"
- Witness says she saw woman "removing coat and perfoming yoga pose"
- Cops release CCTV of missing mum running along streets of Norwich
- Specialist underwater divers join the desperate hunt
- Nicola Bulley cops 'helping' with search efforts
- CCTV shows mum holding white item
- Gaynor 'met someone at cathedral' before she vanished
It was revealed last night it is thought the mum may have met someone at the cathedral before she vanished.
Supt Hornigold added: “The cathedral is currently a focus for us, there’s lots of work we are doing there to establish what happened in the gap in CCTV.
“We are working with people in the cathedral to try and understand what happened.”
It comes after a witness this morning claimed she had seen a woman who looked like Gaynor doing yoga in the park on the afternoon she was last seen.
Rosie Richards, who lives near Wensum Park, said she thought she saw the mum doing a yoga pose on Friday afternoon at about 4pm.
She said the mum seemed "calm" - but something made her stand out.
"She was putting her coat down on the floor and sort of performing a yoga pose.
"It just seemed a bit odd at this time 'cause it's starting to get dark."
Gaynor was last seen on CCTV at 4.01pm on St Augustines Street - which is an eight-minute walk from the park.
MUM'S FINAL STEPS
Mystery surrounds the mum's disappearance after her belongings were found scattered in different locations around the city centre park.
On the day she vanished her white work shirt and yellow tank top were found spread out - and her olive-coloured coat was found in the water.
Then the mum's mobile phone, coat, ring and glasses were found in the park as police continued to scour the area.
Police yesterday released CCTV of the last time she was seen - and asked witnesses to come forward with any more information.
They published an image of Gaynor smiling ear-to-ear as she left her workplace - Bullards Gin, at Jarrold’s department store.
Then, in a CCTV clip, the mum can be seen running along the pavement with her coat in hand.
She seems to be in a hurry, rushing to cross the road.
The mum seems to spend 30 minutes at the cathedral before she is spotted on CCTV again.
She then makes her way along the street, putting her coat on as she walks.
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Gaynor was last snapped on CCTV at 4.01pm.
Police are also said to be "linking in" with the force who worked on the disappearance of Nicola Bulley.
TIMELINE OF GAYNOR'S MOVEMENTS
2.44pm – Gaynor is working at the Bullards Gin counter in the basement at Jarrold department store – her clothing is clearly visible
2.45-2.46pm – She leaves the store via the loading bay on Bedford Street
2.47pm – Walks onto London Street past the Cosy Club
2.48pm – Gaynor makes her way onto Queens Street and walks toward the Cathedral
3.22pm – Gaynor is seen on The Close at the cathedral entrance – shortly before exiting through the archway she puts her coat on
3.23pm – She is seen to walk away from the cathedral on Queens Street – here you can see a clear image of the coat she was wearing
3.49pm – This is the last sighting of Gaynor on CCTV near the Playhouse on St George’s Street
3.53pm – Walks along St Crispins Road towards Pitt Street
4.01pm – Gaynor walks up St Augustines Street – her final movements captured in CCTV before going missing