Victoria Taylor: Five unanswered questions as search for missing bride-to-be continues

Victoria Taylor, 34, was past seen astatine her location successful Malton, North Yorkshire, connected Monday greeting astir 9am, earlier being captured connected CCTV 2 hours aboriginal buying a brushed portion astatine a section BP garage

The hunt for a missing mum who vanished 5 days agone continues - but respective questions stay unanswered arsenic constabulary ramp-up efforts to find her.

Victoria Taylor, 34, was past seen astatine her location successful Malton, North Yorkshire, connected Monday greeting astir 9am, earlier being captured connected CCTV 2 hours aboriginal buying a brushed portion astatine a section BP garage. She has not contacted her household oregon friends since then, sparking a immense hunt successful the local area.

The mum, who is believed to enactment arsenic a carer, is described arsenic being achromatic and astir 5ft six inches tall. She was past spotted wearing bluish jeans, a achromatic Adidas archetypal puffer overgarment with achromatic stripes down the sleeves and a grey Jack Wills hooded jumper. Police yesterday released CCTV footage, taken astatine 11.35am connected Monday astatine a BP store connected Welham Road successful the Norton country of Malton shows the caregiver inside.

Where was Victoria going?

Ms Taylor was seen astatine her home successful Malton astatine 9am connected Monday greeting with her fiance Matthew and their two-year-old girl portion she was connected the phone. Matthew and Victoria past near with their girl to sojourn his parents.

But Matthew's sister, Heidi Baker, said Victoria past near his parents' location and did not return. A section woman saw her crossing the railway crossing adjacent a Lidl store successful Welham Road astir 11.30 to 12pm, heading towards the River Derwent. A pistillate past saw her coming down the way starring to the stream earlier she was seen by locals passing the Riverside Playground and walking on a thickly overgrown way adjacent to the stream betwixt 11.30am and noon.

Why are constabulary searching the area?

Police officers were pictured scouring a conception of River Derwent successful Malton, North Yorkshire, arsenic they continued to hunt for Victoria this afternoon. Marine and Underwater Search Units took to the river's banks successful kayaks whilst missing posters were enactment up astir the marketplace town. Police yesterday told the nationalist they should expect to spot an accrued beingness of officers successful the municipality of Malton arsenic they transportation retired searches of the River Derwent.

Inspector Leanne Anderson from North Yorkshire Police said: “There are a scope of enquiries taking spot to effort and find Victoria. This is inactive a missing idiosyncratic enquiry, and the absorption of our enactment is wrong the Malton / Norton area. Extensive searches volition instrumentality spot contiguous and I would impulse members of the nationalist successful the Malton / Norton areas to stay vigilant and study sightings oregon walk accusation to constabulary immediately.”

Why were her belongings recovered discarded?

Victoria's belongings are believed to person been recovered adjacent the banks of the River Derwent, which is presently being searched. While officers are yet to person recovered immoderate hint of the missing mum, the intriguing hint emerged past night, suggesting Victoria was successful the area.

The brushed drinks bottles that Victoria bought astatine the BP store were recovered by her household and further on the path, constabulary recovered the greenish shot headdress she had been wearing astatine the garage. They besides recovered a salmon pinkish Vans rucksack lying successful the open.

Why was her societal media inactive active?

Friends person claimed missing Victoria Taylor’s Instagram page was “active” successful the hours aft she vanished. More than 4,000 radical person truthful acold joined a Facebook leafage to assistance successful the search, with respective putting guardant their ain ideas. One suggested they had noticed the fashionable nurse’s societal media leafage had been precocious active.

There is presently nary mentation arsenic to wherefore her Instagram relationship would person inactive been active. Friends person said Ms Taylor's household whitethorn person been utilizing her Instagram profile, which led to the relationship showing arsenic 'active' - but the missing mother's relatives person confirmed they were not utilizing her accounts.

Could she person travelled extracurricular of the Malton area?

So acold determination has been nary grounds Victoria had near the area, with nary grounds oregon signs that she boarded immoderate buses oregon trains, including a reappraisal of footage astatine the section bid and autobus station. There has besides been nary enactment connected her currency paper since she was seen buying the brushed drinks astatine the BP store wherever she was past seen.

Police accidental their hunt is being focused wrong the section area. Speaking connected Tuesday, Inspector Leanne Anderson from North Yorkshire Police said: "There are a scope of enquiries taking spot to effort and find Victoria. This is inactive a missing idiosyncratic enquiry, and the absorption of our enactment is wrong the Malton/Norton area.

"Extensive searches volition instrumentality spot contiguous and I would impulse members of the nationalist successful the Malton / Norton areas to stay vigilant and study sightings oregon walk accusation to constabulary immediately."