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Divers search for missing mother | Divers search for missing mother |
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Divers are being brought in to help in the search for a missing Northamptonshire mother-of-two. | Divers are being brought in to help in the search for a missing Northamptonshire mother-of-two. |
Underwater searches are set to be carried out near the Oundle home of 45-year-old Gillian Merrick, who was last seen late on New Year's Day. | Underwater searches are set to be carried out near the Oundle home of 45-year-old Gillian Merrick, who was last seen late on New Year's Day. |
A search was under way in the area of Barnwell Country Park as relatives grow increasingly concerned for her safety. | |
Police are also making inquiries in and around the village Forest Row, Sussex, where she had lived for three years. | |
On Monday about 50 people joined police in the search for Mrs Merrick. | |
'Painstaking search' | |
Police appealed for a lorry driver to come forward who earlier reported seeing a woman walking in the carriageway of the A605 close to Oundle after Mrs Merrick went missing. | |
She is recovering from a back operation and had been with her husband, Nick, and their teenage son and daughter before she disappeared. | |
It is thought she was wearing a beige jacket, red scarf and gloves when she went missing. | It is thought she was wearing a beige jacket, red scarf and gloves when she went missing. |
She is about 5ft 6in tall (1.67m), slim, with a fair complexion and collar-length brown straight hair. | She is about 5ft 6in tall (1.67m), slim, with a fair complexion and collar-length brown straight hair. |
Police said they were carrying out a "painstaking" search. | |
With temperatures dropping below freezing, officers said they were becoming "increasingly concerned" for her safety. | With temperatures dropping below freezing, officers said they were becoming "increasingly concerned" for her safety. |