Police have said a body has been found in the search for a young woman who disappeared after getting into a taxi at the weekend. Lacey Lake’s phone location was “suddenly turned off” some time after getting into the vehicle.
The 24-year-old got into the grey Mercedes in question at around 6pm on Friday and was reported missing on Monday, The Mirror reports.
She was last seen in the Stonehouse area of Plymouth, Devon, and, Devon and Cornwall Police said a body was found in north Plymouth on Tuesday.
Formal identification is yet to be carried out, officers said and, although the death is being treated as “unexplained”, it is not believed to be suspicious.
Devon and Cornwall Police said: “Police searching for a missing woman from Plymouth have today, 7 January, located the body of a female. Officers were called around 1.20pm following concerns for the welfare of the woman in Linton Close, Tamerton Foliot.
“Paramedics attended but the woman was pronounced deceased at the scene. The death is being treated as unexplained although not currently believed suspicious.
“The family of 24-year-old Lacey Lake who was reported missing on Monday 6 January have been informed. Formal identification has yet to be carried out.”
After Lacey was reported missing, a post from Morgan Hennessy Kelly on Facebook urged people with information on her whereabouts to come forward.
Family and friends expressed their concerns as the woman was a Type 1 diabetic and had no insulin with her when she vanished. She also added that Lacey’s phone had been on since her disappearance but location services had since been turned off.
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