Police searching for a missing York woman say a body has been recovered from the river.
Officers had been searching for Louise Brown, 41, from Fulford, who hadn’t been seen since last Wednesday.
Yesterday, police divers took to the River Ouse in York city centre after Ms Brown’s car was recovered on Skeldergate Bridge on Sunday.
Today (Tuesday), North Yorkshire Police issued this update.
“Police searching for missing person Louise Brown have recovered a body from the River Ouse in York.
“The discovery was made yesterday afternoon (Monday) by a member of the public.
“The body has been identified as missing person Louise Brown and Louise’s next of kin have been informed.
“Police are not currently treating Louise’s death as suspicious.”
The York Rescue Boat team issued their own statement. “Our volunteers were called out yesterday at 2.53pm by North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service to reports of a person in the River Ouse in York.
“Sadly a short time later a body was recovered by the police regional underwater search team.
“Our team’s thoughts are with the family.”
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