Found Deceased UK - Gaynor Lord was last seen in Norwich city centre on London Street heading towards Norwich Cathedral, 2:35 pm, 8 December 2023

[StillDiggin]

Gaynor Lord: Norfolk coroner reveals mother-of-three drowned

Inquest opens into the death of Gaynor Lord, whose disappearance sparked a major search in December.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[MollyHarps]

Gaynor Lord: Norfolk coroner reveals mother-of-three drowned

Inquest opens into the death of Gaynor Lord, whose disappearance sparked a major search in December.

www.bbc.co.uk

Thanks for the update @StillDiggin

Just such a sad case - the run up for Christmas can be such a hard time for people.

I hope that her family are slowly but surely managing to rebuild their lives.

 

[Tortoise]

Senior coroner Jacqueline Lake said she believed Mrs Lord intended to enter the water but did not intend to take her own life and concluded she died by misadventure.

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A statement from her husband Clive Lord, read out in court, said: "Gaynor had recently watched a TV show about swimming in ice cold water.

"She’s never done it herself but I don’t know if in her confused state she may have been thinking about this."

Gaynor Lord died by misadventure in Norwich river, inquest hears

 

[LittleSeaTree]

Senior coroner Jacqueline Lake said she believed Mrs Lord intended to enter the water but did not intend to take her own life and concluded she died by misadventure.

[...]

A statement from her husband Clive Lord, read out in court, said: "Gaynor had recently watched a TV show about swimming in ice cold water.

"She’s never done it herself but I don’t know if in her confused state she may have been thinking about this."

Gaynor Lord died by misadventure in Norwich river, inquest hears

Thank you for this update, Tortoise. I’m 55 and have only recently (partly thanks to Websleuths!) really been thinking twice about putting myself in situations that I once felt completely confident about (but shouldn’t have)….reminding myself that ‘anything can happen’…I’d climb out on roofs to fix things, be on the top rung of a ladder, etc.

Cold swimming always interested me, especially for potential mental health benefits, and I live on the East Coast of the U.S. on a river. I’ve been so close to trying it a few times, but then read about someone going into shock and then subsequently going into Cardiac Arrest while attempting to. I listened to that. If I was in a tough place mentally, though, I would most likely just go for it, either not feeling vulnerable, or just not thinking and/or caring about any danger. Definitely makes me wonder here, if the results of the inquest are indeed what happened, maybe she got caught on something, etc. Really stinks either way, of course! So sorry for all..

 

[Skigh]

Missing mother said she wanted to be 'like Nicola Bulley' inquest told

Missing mother Gaynor Lord told a friend she wanted to 'be like Nicola' Bulley shortly before she was found dead in a river, an inquest has been told.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The inquest, which re-opened today, heard Ms Lord had been on a course of hormone replacement therapy for the menopause and medication for epilepsy at the time of her death. She had previously suffered psychotic episodes.

A friend had been told by Ms Lord that she wanted to be 'like Nicola' - a reference to Nicola Bulley, 45, who disappeared whilst walking her dog last January.

Mortgage adviser Ms Bulley, a mother of two, was found in the River Wyre around three weeks after she vanished amidst a flurry of conspiracy theories shared on TikTok and criticism of the police investigation into her disappearance.