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A body has been found in a forest search after a runner went missing five days ago, Durham Police have said.
Jenny Hall, 23, was last seen leaving her home at Barracks Farm, Tow Law, County Durham, just after 3pm on Tuesday.
Her red Ford Focus was found parked on a B road between Eggleston and Stanhope on Wednesday.
The force said the body was found in a very remote area in Teesdale on Sunday morning.
Formal identification has yet to take place, but the police said there was not thought to be any suspicious circumstances. A file will be prepared for the coroner.
Ms Hall’s family have been notified and are being supported by specialist officers, with the force adding they asked for privacy in this “devastating time.”
A major search operation took place including specialist drones alongside search and mountain rescue teams after Ms Hall went missing on Tuesday.
Officers said they had become “increasingly concerned” as the search continued on Friday, following Ms Hall’s usual running trail between Eggleston and Hamsterley.
Officers searched over 100 miles worth of track in the Teesdale area, with digital intelligence officers carrying out extensive inquiries into her mobile phone, smart watch and running apps.
Police said none had “yielded any results unfortunately”.
Durham Constabulary thanked expert mountain rescue teams for working “intensively” alongside officers on the ground to find the body, including Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team, Penrith Mountain Rescue Team, Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team and more.
This is a breaking news story. More to follow.
Source: independent.co.uk
