The family and friends of a mother who vanished nine months ago have slammed the 'apathy' of the police's investigation into her disappearance.
Concerned relatives and pals have queried why it took officers a fortnight to make a public appeal after Denise Jarvis, 44, vanished.
They also claim blundering officers gave the wrong location for the last known sighting of the mother-of-one, who went missing in August last year the day after a row with her parents.
Mrs Jarvis had been living with her parents at their Victorian semi-detached home in Kingswood, Bristol, following a bitter split from her estranged husband, Richard, seven months earlier.
She had moved out of the luxury home she co-owned with 53-year-old Mr Jarvis in Hambrook, Bristol, leaving their 12-year-old son Lucas in his care, although she did see the boy regularly.
Mercedes-driving Mrs Jarvis had instructed divorce lawyers and it is understood her relationship with her husband had become increasingly acrimonious over disclosure of their marital assets.
Days before gym-loving Denise's disappearance, police were called to her parents' home over an argument. The following day, on August 3, Denise packed her belongings into bags and left.
The last known sighting of Denise was later that day when she was spotted at nearby Southey Park, wearing the same thigh-length sleeveless grey coat she had had on when she was picked up on CCTV photographs 24 hours earlier.
But, despite the fact that her family reported her missing on August 4, Avon and Somerset failed to make an appeal to the public about her disappearance until August 17.
The police appeal then wrongly stated she had last been seen outside a Sainsbury's store in Kingswood.
MailOnline has also discovered cops took four months to ask her parents' neighbour if they could examine his CCTV footage.
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The source added: 'Not a single piece of progress by the police has been revealed. There appears to be a general apathy from the police around her case. Her son deserves to know what has happened to his mum, or at least deserves to see an attempt to find out.
'The impression the general public have of Denise, from what has been released to date, is very misleading.
'Up until January 2022 Denise Jarvis was your typical middle-class, married mother, living in an affluent, rural area. She enjoyed her family winter ski holidays and summer holidays in the sun and spent a lot of time at her local David Lloyd gym.
'She had been with her husband since they were both at St Brendan's Sixth Form College, Bristol.'
Before becoming a mother, Mrs Jarvis had been a manager for mobile phone companies, the source said, but quit to raise her son full time as her husband's job was 'more lucrative'.
The source continued: 'Everything changed in January 2022. Denise separated from her husband. She instructed a solicitor in regards to her separation and was desperately trying to get access to marital finances to enable her to find somewhere to live away from her husband.
'For a couple of months she was back and forth, with her son, between staying at her parents and the marital home. She then moved into a room at her parent's house for four months, while her 12-year-old son remained with her husband at the marital home.
'Given the lack of space at her parents and distance to school, it is unsurprising that this impacted on her mental health. Most separations and battles to access marital finances take their toll on an individual's mental health.'
The source queried the police's choice of a photograph of Mrs Jarvis to accompany its appeal, saying: 'Why was there such a poor choice of photo if the police wanted people to recognise her? The photo used in the first public appeal was a blurry headshot, with no full length shot. Better photos have been released since. Why choose such a poor one initially when they'd had two weeks to source a decent photo?'
The source added: 'Why was so little information provided by police in this first appeal, despite being 14 days after her disappearance? The only information provided in the first appeal was incorrect. It stated that she was last seen outside Sainsbury's, Kingswood.
'No CCTV footage has ever been provided of this, despite the fact this location is likely to have multiple CCTV cameras. Information revealed since confirms she was last seen by her sister entering Southey Park as her last sighting, so why give incorrect information?...'
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EXCLUSIVE: Family and friends of Denise Jarvis, 44, have questioned why police took two weeks to make a public appeal after the mother-of-one vanished in August last year.
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