Victoria Taylor: Friend's four poignant words capture grief after body is found

Officers with North Yorkshire Police searching for missing parent Victoria Taylor discovered a assemblage successful the River Derwent, adjacent to wherever the caregiver was past seen

A adjacent person of missing mum Victoria Taylor shared her heartbreak aft a assemblage was recovered successful the hunt for the nurse.

Charlotte Cundill expressed her sadness successful a poignant Facebook station connected Tuesday afternoon, moments aft it was confirmed officers had discovered a assemblage successful the River Derwent adjacent Malton, North Yorkshire.

Charlotte's lengthy Facebook post, successful the radical which strangers had joined to organise searches for Victoria, known arsenic Vixx, began with 4 peculiarly affectional words. She wrote: "Heartbroken is an understatement" beside an emoji of a breached heart.

The friend, who created the Facebook group, had regularly posted updates from the searches and different poignant thoughts and messages connected the page. This one, though, has been liked by astir 300 people.

Chrlotte's station successful afloat reads: "Heartbroken is an understatement. So unluckily contiguous we received the quality that nary of america were prepared for. I acceptable this leafage up 3 weeks agone knowing however loved vixx genuinely is and knew however galore radical would privation to assistance hunt for her. Never successful a millions years did I deliberation it would deed implicit 10k radical pursuing and supporting america successful the search. Thank you truthful overmuch for each spot of emotion and enactment that has been fixed to this beauteous family.

"The GoFundMe was decidedly spoken astir but I wanted to prevention it incase this dreaded time truly was astir the country truthful present it is (if it works, delight archer maine if you person immoderate issues. It's caller to me) immoderate donations assistance and again convey you each truthful overmuch xxxx

"To my beauteous friend, astonishing girlfriend, mum, sister, auntie and nurse. You were 1 of the astir inspirational radical I volition ever person had the pleasance of knowing. Fly precocious beauteous and goodnight."

Charlotte besides gave a nexus to the GoFundMe page, designed to rise wealth to enactment Vixx's contiguous family, including her two-year-old daughter. More than £1,600 has been raised truthful far.

People person near further tributes to Vixx connected the page, and successful comments nether Charlotte's latest Facebook post. The mum was hailed arsenic a pistillate who "made a existent difference" to people.

One pistillate posted connected societal media that Victoria, a nurse, had helped her mum. She wrote: "You cared for truthful galore people, similar my mum and touched the lives of their families, similar me.

"You made a existent quality to people's lives and your bequest volition unrecorded connected done the radical you helped and everyone who knew you, particularly your daughter. RIP."

Temporary Assistant Chief Constable, of North Yorkshire Police, said: "Today we person recovered a assemblage successful transportation with the hunt for missing 34-year-old Victoria Taylor.

"The constabulary underwater hunt squad made the find astatine 11.45am this greeting successful the River Derwent adjacent to wherever Victoria's belongings were recovered.

"Formal recognition is yet to instrumentality place, but Victoria's household person been informed of this improvement and understandably they are distressed by today's news.

"Our specializer household liaison officers volition proceed to enactment them. Victoria who is from Norton adjacent Malton was reported missing connected Tuesday 01 October. Since the archetypal study was received, we person carried retired extended searches to effort and find Victoria.

"The standard of probe undertaken by North Yorkshire Police has provided america with a elaborate knowing of Victoria's cardinal movements wrong the clip parameters of her disappearance.

"As portion of our strategy, we issued aggregate appeals to the nationalist and media for information. I personally would similar to convey the members of the nationalist who responded and assisted america with our enquiries.

"The disappearance of Victoria has understandably had a wider interaction connected the communities of Malton and Norton. Those closest to Victoria person felt an tremendous magnitude of heartache successful the days aft she went missing and person acknowledged however grateful they are for the overwhelming enactment from the community.

"Whilst today's result is not what anyone would person wished for, Victoria's household person asked maine to accidental that they are devastated and would similar immoderate abstraction to beryllium capable to process the news, and our thoughts stay with them astatine this time."