Body found in hunt for mum Victoria Taylor whose belongings were discovered on river bank after she vanished from home

A BODY has been recovered successful the hunt for a missing mum whose belongings were discovered connected a riverbank aft she vanished.

Victoria Taylor disappeared from her home successful Malton, North Yorkshire, astatine astir 9am connected September 30.

A last CCTV representation showed the 34-year-old hidden nether a camo baseball headdress astatine a BP store aboriginal that morning.

Police launched a immense hunt for Victoria aft her idiosyncratic belongings were recovered adjacent to the River Derwent.

Officers contiguous revealed a assemblage has present tragically been found.

Victoria, who is mum to a two-year-old daughter, is understood to person been seen heading towards a room connected Commercial Street successful Malton.

She was past captured connected CCTV astatine the petrol store successful Welham Road - astir fractional a mile distant - wearing jeans and a puffa jacket.

Victoria was seen connected camera arsenic she passed Malton autobus presumption and a children's play parkland astatine 11.53am.

Her past sighting was astatine 12.30pm arsenic she walked towards the play parkland earlier heading to a way on the water.

Police antecedently confirmed they were keeping an unfastened caput but determination was thing to suggest immoderate 3rd enactment involvement.

They concentrated their hunt connected the stream aft confirming a "number of idiosyncratic possessions" belonging to Victoria had been recovered adjacent the water.

Head of Local Policing, Chief Superintendent Fiona Willey, said the unit had to judge the "significant possibility" the mum had entered the river.

Drones were utilized to hunt the country from above, portion a specializer underwater portion was besides drafted successful to assistance with the hunt.

Officers besides utilized blase sonar exertion to scan the stream furniture arsenic the hunt ramped up.

A Facebook radical was besides acceptable up to assistance find Victoria arsenic locals enactment up missing posters astir the area.

Her fiancé Matthew Williams updated his Facebook illustration representation to a touching achromatic and achromatic drawback of the pair.

He aboriginal issued a heartbreaking plea, saying: "I anticipation she comes backmost safely".

The mates had precocious returned location aft enjoying their archetypal vacation unneurotic successful Majorca.

Matthew besides wept arsenic helium told however helium and the pair's one-year-old girl were surviving "in hope".

He added: "I americium conscionable heartbroken for this one. I cognize Vikki wanted this 1 to person the champion opportunities successful beingness - the opportunities she ne'er had.

"It breaks my heart."

While her sisters Emma and Heidi said: “We presently consciousness sick, distraught and mislaid pursuing the disappearance of Vixx, but we are trying to absorption connected the children successful the household to support a consciousness of regular astatine this hard time.

“We would similar to convey each the exigency services and volunteers who person assisted successful the hunt for Vixx truthful far. The wider section assemblage has besides rallied around, and we are eternally grateful for the enactment that they person fixed to us, Vixx’s family.

“The constabulary person told america that searches volition proceed implicit the play for which we are grateful.

“The h2o is challenging astatine the infinitesimal owed to the caller upwind truthful if radical are retired searching for Vixx, past delight bash not enactment yourself astatine risk.”

Victoria was past seen wearing bluish jeans, a achromatic Adidas archetypal puffa overgarment with achromatic stripes down the sleeves and a grey Jack Wills hooded jumper.

She had shared a touching representation with her girl connected Facebook conscionable days earlier she vanished.

North Yorkshire Police antecedently said members of the nationalist should expect to spot an accrued constabulary beingness successful Malton.