UK Victoria Taylor, 34, last seen at home 9am, Malton North Yorks, 30 Sep 24.

[Grouse]

I know that. It’s just distinctively blue I am wondering the science.
Only think I can think a window fenestration or something but it doesn’t fit marks and spencer brand in blue.

Exactly the same blue/black colouration question arose with Nicola Bulley's coat!
Found Deceased - UK - Nicola Bulley Last Seen Walking Dog Near River - St Michaels on Wyre (Lancashire) #6

 

[Grouse]

It might be on the floor by her feet? She could have put it down to get something out of it/to put items in it.

I think that's more likely. After closely looking at the picture I really don't think she's wearing a backpack.

 

[SpursGyal]

I've seen that people searching and the family are refusing to speak to media that are in the area, but also want more media coverage... Unfortunately to get one, you need the other.

There isn't really much to go on atm.

 

[x44]

Why on earth with something like this we need to be as public fed an image captured with probably a mobile phone taking a picture of a image of the victim displayed on an CCTV monitor screen as a pixellated freeze frame in the playback sequence totally escapes me.

It's not like the CCTV system will be VHS and this is not some bootleg illegal capture of an embarassing event (like the F35 jet plunging off the end of the carrier deck was!)
It's not even a Home CCTV - this will be (hopfully) professional commercial grade camera's

It ridicolous!

The Police should be able to provide a proper actual CCTV image digitally captured from the CCTV movie Mpeg4 or whatever movie file. That way the blinking colours might actually be right......

I despair

 

[Smccat]

Why on earth with something like this we need to be as public fed an image captured with probably a mobile phone taking a picture of a image of the victim displayed on an CCTV monitor screen as a pixellated freeze frame in the playback sequence totally escapes me.

It's not like the CCTV system will be VHS and this is not some bootleg illegal capture of an embarassing event (like the F35 jet plunging off the end of the carrier deck was!)
It's not even a Home CCTV - this will be (hopfully) professional commercial grade camera's

It ridicolous!

The Police should be able to provide a proper actual CCTV image digitally captured from the CCTV movie Mpeg4 or whatever movie file. That way the blinking colours might actually be right......

I despair

Yesss! Thank you for saying that.

 

[Smccat]

It’s not from a mobile phone at all but I do feel you with what you say. I’ve one of these same garages by me and they just film everything.

 

[Smccat]

I have said all day to anyone who will listen. .. we need another image released.

 

[LucyRocket]

I can see now that it’s been mentioned already, but the CCTV still does look like she’s talking to someone, probably the checkout assistant. I carry a backpack all the time, and whenever I’m at the till I always pop it on the counter, or on the floor in front of the counter, so that I can put my items inside. I assumed from the off that that’s why she isn’t wearing it.

 

[lauraeva]

Reminds me of the Gaynor Lord case. I think her items were in different places, if I'm not mistaken.

Gaynor had a history of mental instability.
Discarding a backpack with drinks you'd bought under CCTV surveillance and your mobile phone is distinctly odd, you don't do this by accident, almost like you were leaving a trace.
We don't know if she retained her purse / wallet with cards and cash.
Even if suicidal entering a flooding river is an odd way to do it, even if its highest probability.
Wild speculation could be that it was a pre-planned disappearance, over the Menethorpe pedestrian suspension bridge to High Hutton and A64 to a planned rendezvous or bus to Leeds ...
But why ?

 

[Lyanna]

I think they are holding a pint of milk and a white plastic bag. If Victoria had been in a car she would have been seen on cctv.

Agree Milk, 1 pint bottle in left hand

Moo

 

[lauraeva]

Agree Milk, 1 pint bottle in left hand

Moo

What is the relevance of who was behind her in the checkout queue ?
Its what happened after she purposely discarded baseball cap and backpack with phone almost two miles down-river that needs answers.

 

[KittyBee]

Gaynor had a history of mental instability.
Discarding a backpack with drinks you'd bought under CCTV surveillance and your mobile phone is distinctly odd, you don't do this by accident, almost like you were leaving a trace.
We don't know if she retained her purse / wallet with cards and cash.
Even if suicidal entering a flooding river is an odd way to do it, even if its highest probability.
Wild speculation could be that it was a pre-planned disappearance, over the Menethorpe pedestrian suspension bridge to High Hutton and A64 to a planned rendezvous or bus to Leeds ...
But why ?

I can imagine someone dropping something (or spotting something they want to get) at the edge of the river bank, putting down their bag and cap momentarily, leaning to retrieve item and losing balance and going in the water. It wouldn’t have to be something sinister or mysterious that caused her to put her backpack down.

 

[lauraeva]

As I clock off this evening with all the stuff going on in the middle east you wonder why all the energy on a single case.
I think the police have already decided that Victoria is in the river, and the river will eventually give her body up, as anything else after a week has to be a planned disappearance.
And how could a mam of a 2-3 year old do that unless seriously disturbed ?
My guess if she entered the river would be from the 100+ year old Menethorpe pedestrian suspension bridge (which she probably knew from childhood) rather than the sodden flooded reeds, heather and bracken which would have made up much of the riverbank.
But I still do hope ...

 

[Amonet]

Gaynor had a history of mental instability.
Discarding a backpack with drinks you'd bought under CCTV surveillance and your mobile phone is distinctly odd, you don't do this by accident, almost like you were leaving a trace.
We don't know if she retained her purse / wallet with cards and cash.
Even if suicidal entering a flooding river is an odd way to do it, even if its highest probability.
Wild speculation could be that it was a pre-planned disappearance, over the Menethorpe pedestrian suspension bridge to High Hutton and A64 to a planned rendezvous or bus to Leeds ...
But why ?

I was wondering if she'd reached a point where she needed to pee and took off the backpack and tried to slip into the bushes by the river but slipped into the water. The hat could have been taken off as it might have caught on the bushes, or could have been pushed off by the bushes and blown a few metres away.

 

[Lincolnshirelad]

Hopefully this isnt against the rules as it was an overheard rumour and I'm very aware that everyone has their little stories to share in this social media world.

I was at a kids party yesterday and overheard conversation from someone that lives in Malton that her shoes were also found? I haven't found anything to back this up?

If so, were these found scattered or placed together?

 

[RobinCAL]

Victoria Taylor missing LIVE as Malton mum search enters eighth day

Vixx vanished on September 30 and has not been seen since

www.examinerlive.co.uk

An organised walk was set up this morning around the riverside to start day 8 of looking for Vicky Taylor.

 

[MollyHarps]

I've seen that people searching and the family are refusing to speak to media that are in the area, but also want more media coverage... Unfortunately to get one, you need the other.

There isn't really much to go on atm.

I think the police have done a great job at handling the media so far - and the media to be fair to them haven’t gone overboard with their coverage.

Lessons have been learnt I feel since the NB case - where the media coverage led to all sorts of unhelpful conspiracy theories.

The police probably feel that the only outcome here is that she’s in the water - no amount of media coverage is going to help this case MOO

 

[Nikynoo]

I think the police have done a great job at handling the media so far - and the media to be fair to them haven’t gone overboard with their coverage.

Lessons have been learnt I feel since the NB case - where the media coverage led to all sorts of unhelpful conspiracy theories.

The police probably feel that the only outcome here is that she’s in the water - no amount of media coverage is going to help this case MOO

Do you think her family know this?

 

[Amonet]

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The police probably feel that the only outcome here is that she’s in the water - no amount of media coverage is going to help this case MOO

That was the case for NB too though.

In this case the family and local papers seem to be doing well at getting people to go out and walk by the river, and that seems the most useful thing they can do. If someone walking by the river spots some clothing floating or something, then they can quickly call 999, and it's so much better with lots of eyes out.

But I don't think people in other parts of the country need to be looking really. I'd imagine police checked CCTV at all exits from the river walk and don't see any sign of abduction. I suppose it's possible that after VT is found, and *if* she deceased, then if a post mortem showed she was attacked then they could release images of people seen in the area at the time VT was walking.

I also think it's likely that one of the first things police did was to check Matthew's whereabouts and if he really was at his parents and during what times.

 

[Catdetective]

Yorkshire Live reporting that North Yorkshire Police will be providing an update shortly.