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| Police searching for missing vet find a body | Police searching for missing vet find a body |
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| A body has been recovered by search teams involved in the hunt for the missing Irish vet Catherine Gowing. | |
| Gowing, 37, was last seen on the evening of Friday 12 October at a supermarket near her home in New Brighton, Flintshire, north Wales. | Gowing, 37, was last seen on the evening of Friday 12 October at a supermarket near her home in New Brighton, Flintshire, north Wales. |
| A 46-year-old man from Gwynnedd, north Wales, has since been charged with her murder. | |
| A spokesman for North Wales police said: "Following information received by members of the public, recent searches have focused on fields in Manor Road, Sealand. Yesterday search team officers discovered human remains in a shallow pool within the field known locally as the Lum. | A spokesman for North Wales police said: "Following information received by members of the public, recent searches have focused on fields in Manor Road, Sealand. Yesterday search team officers discovered human remains in a shallow pool within the field known locally as the Lum. |
| "At this time, those remains have yet to be formally identified as this will require medical as well as forensic examination. A postmortem is planned for later today. | "At this time, those remains have yet to be formally identified as this will require medical as well as forensic examination. A postmortem is planned for later today. |
| "At this time we are not able to comment further. However, Catherine Gowing's family have been informed of this distressing development and clearly our thoughts are with them at this very difficult time. | "At this time we are not able to comment further. However, Catherine Gowing's family have been informed of this distressing development and clearly our thoughts are with them at this very difficult time. |
| "I would ask that they be allowed privacy to come to terms with this news." | "I would ask that they be allowed privacy to come to terms with this news." |