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Jenny Hall: Body found in forest search for missing runner | |
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Jenny Hall's body has been found in Teesdale after she went missing five days ago | |
A body has been found in a forest search for a runner who went missing five days ago, police said. | A body has been found in a forest search for a runner who went missing five days ago, police said. |
Jenny Hall, 23, was last seen leaving her home at Barracks Farm, Tow Law, County Durham, on Tuesday, just after 15:00 GMT. | Jenny Hall, 23, was last seen leaving her home at Barracks Farm, Tow Law, County Durham, on Tuesday, just after 15:00 GMT. |
Her red Ford Focus was found parked on the B6278 between Eggleston and Stanhope on Wednesday. | Her red Ford Focus was found parked on the B6278 between Eggleston and Stanhope on Wednesday. |
Durham Police said Ms Hall's body was found in a "very remote area of Teesdale" shortly after 09:30 GMT on Sunday. | Durham Police said Ms Hall's body was found in a "very remote area of Teesdale" shortly after 09:30 GMT on Sunday. |
Formal identification has yet to take place but Ms Hall's family have been informed. | |
The force said it was not treating her death as suspicious and a file was being prepared for the coroner. | |
Mountain rescue teams have been searching for Ms Hall since Tuesday. | |
Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team led the search alongside the police and by Friday had covered 60 miles (97km) of paths and tracks. | |
More than a dozen mountain rescue team members helped and on Saturday seven drones, 10 mountain rescue dogs and more than 60 volunteers took part. | |
Ms Hall was a keen long distance runner and was known to run through Hamsterley Forest, which is the largest in the county and spans 4,942 acres (2,000ha). | |
Earlier this week, rescue volunteer Peter Bell said the area was difficult to search. | |
"The biggest challenge is the area size itself and the terrain," he said. | |
"The terrain is muddy and boggy." | |
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