Victoria Taylor: Missing mum's last known steps as body found in police search

As North Yorkshire constabulary retrieve a assemblage successful the hunt for missing mum Victoria Taylor, the Mirror takes a look backmost astatine the nursing location nurse's last steps connected the time she vanished

A assemblage has been recovered successful the hunt for missing mum Victoria Taylor.

Victoria was past seen astatine her location successful Malton, North Yorkshire astatine astir 9am connected Monday, October 1. North Yorkshire Police Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Fox has confirmed that a assemblage has been recovered successful the wide hunt for the 34-year-old.

Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Fox contiguous stated that Victoria's disappearance has 'understandably had a wider interaction connected the communities of Norton and Malton', adding that her household person felt an 'enormous magnitude of heartache since the time she was reported missing'.

Officers person been capable to way immoderate of the nursing location nurse's past known movements utilizing CCTV footage, portion members of the assemblage person travel retired successful unit to find the much-loved mum. Here, the Mirror looks astatine Victoria's past known steps.

Final photo

Before her disappearance, Victoria's devastated fiancé, Matthew Grant Williams, shared a couple's selfie via Facebook - believed to beryllium the past photograph taken of Victoria earlier she went missing. The achromatic and achromatic drawback shows the couple, who'd precocious returned from their archetypal household vacation successful Majorca, posing successful a lift.

Matthew updated his Facebook illustration representation to show the selfie, which shows him lasting down his bride-to-be, who tin beryllium seen smiling arsenic helium places his arms astir her waist. This came arsenic Matthew spoke with the MailOnline portion cuddling the two-year-old girl helium shares with Victoria.

The affectional begetter said: "I anticipation she comes backmost safely. Obviously, this 1 is missing her mam. We are each hoping she comes back. She was dedicated to her job, dedicated to us, and we had conscionable returned from a beauteous holiday. It is conscionable sad."

He continued: "As soon arsenic we reported her missing, knowing her precise good we went looking astir the country wherever the constabulary had been. Since then, with the weather and everything, I conscionable privation to beryllium present for this one. We had conscionable spell backmost from holiday.

'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. We unrecorded successful hope, don't we kid. She was specified a bully parent to this kid and I anticipation she tin beryllium a bully parent again."

Leaving home

At 9am connected Monday October 1, Victoria was past seen astatine her Malton home, and it's understood she had been heading towards the room successful Commercial Street. Victoria, who is described arsenic achromatic and astir 5ft six inches tall, 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.

BP store snap

At 11.35am, CCTV images amusement Victoria going into a Marks & Spencer store wrong a BP store connected Welham Road successful the Norton country of the town, wherever it's believed she purchased a brushed drink. This footage, captured 2 hours aft she was past seen, was released by officers yesterday and shows Victoria wearing a camouflage people cap.

Inspector Martin Dennison, of North Yorkshire Police, said: “We are precise acrophobic astir Victoria’s whereabouts and, similar her household and friends, conscionable privation to spot her harmless and well. I would impulse the nationalist to beryllium cautious if looking for Victoria adjacent the river. Our officers person specializer grooming and equipment, and they are utilized to moving successful assorted terrains.

“If you bash person immoderate accusation which tin assistance with the hunt past delight telephone america 101. Any contiguous sightings should beryllium reported to 999.”

Walk to park

Victoria was aboriginal recorded astatine 11.53 americium astatine Malton autobus presumption connected Railway Street, portion further footage showed her walking towards the play parkland connected Riverside Walk astatine 12.30 pm.

River Derwent

Sister Heidi Baker claimed Victoria was seen heading towards the River Derwent astatine immoderate constituent aft leaving the garage, The Sun reported. Police person confirmed that idiosyncratic possessions belonging to Victoria person been recovered adjacent to the River Derwent, portion officers utilizing kayaks person been seen scouring the river.

Explaining that those successful the section country could expect to spot an 'increased presence' of officers, a spokesperson said: "Operation Support Unit and section officers person carried retired extended searches on with enactment from a constabulary underwater hunt unit. We person utilized drones to hunt the country from above, carried retired aggregate enquiries and reviewed hours of CCTV from astir Malton wherever Victoria was past seen."

Belongings recovered

North Yorkshire police earlier addressed the 'significant possibility' that Victoria could person entered the stream aft her shot headdress and rucksack were found. Stating that determination was nary denotation of immoderate third-party involvement, Chief Superintendent Fiona Willey said: “Based connected the find of Victoria’s belongings truthful adjacent to the water’s edge, we indispensable judge the important anticipation that Victoria has entered the River Derwent,"

Police update

Assistant Chief Constable Fox contiguous issued the pursuing tragic update: "Today we've recovered a assemblage successful the hunt for missing 34-year-old Victoria Taylor. The constabulary underwater hunt squad made the find astatine astir 11.45 americium this morning."

Her devastated household has been informed, helium confirmed. Assistant Chief Constable Fox told a property briefing: “The disappearance of Victoria has understandably had a wider interaction connected the communities of Norton and Malton. Victoria’s household and those closest to her person understandably felt tremendous magnitude of heartache since the time she was reported missing, and they’ve antecedently acknowledged conscionable however grateful they are to the section assemblage for the overwhelming level of enactment that they person had arsenic a family.

“Whilst today’s result is not what anybody would privation for, Victoria’s household person again asked maine to explicit their acknowledgment to each of those who’ve supported North Yorkshire Police and different exigency services successful our efforts to find Victoria.

“They’ve besides asked maine to inquire for clip and abstraction for them arsenic a household to travel to presumption with the information, the quality that they’ve been provided with today. And our thoughts stay precise overmuch with them astatine this time.”

He went connected to convey members of the nationalist who got successful interaction with North Yorkshire Police successful effect to their appeals for accusation successful narration to Victoria's disappearance.

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