Mum-of-three told pal she ‘wanted to be like Nicola Bulley’ before she was found drowned in river 7 days after vanishing --[Reported by Umva mag]

A MUM-OF-THREE told a pal she wanted to vanish “like Nicola” before she was found dead in a river seven days after disappearing, an inquest heard. Gaynor Lord, 55, sparked a huge search after chilling CCTV showed her running through Norwich in December last year. TwitterGaynor Lord was discovered dead a week after vanishing[/caption] PAShe was captured smiling as she left work[/caption] PAGaynor was then seen running through the streets of Norwich[/caption] She told a pal she wanted to be like Nicola Bulley The tragic mum was found dead a week later in the River Wensum. An inquest today heard how Gaynor made a comment to a friend about “disappearing like Nicola and people would come looking for her” just two days before she vanished. Police believed the remark was potentially a reference to Nicola Bulley, who had gone missing while walking her dog in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, on January 27, the court was told. Nicola was tragically found drowned in the River Wyre three weeks later. Norfolk Coroners’ Court heard Gaynor had battled mental health issues and was diagnosed with epilepsy. She was known to have absence seizures as well as psychotic episodes and was on HRT for the menopause. The court was told in 2011, Gaynor had been taken to hospital after she was found in a local pub worrying that “aliens” were coming. Two days before she vanished, friend June Rudram said she saw Gaynor, who made the Nicola comment to her. Ms Rudram said the mum was “reminiscing about her family and past” and “would not stop talking”. Then, on December 8, Gaynor sent a message saying “help” to a contact in her phone who had “died some time ago”. In a further message, she wrote that she was “going crazy” and “can feel the fear”, the court heard. Gaynor vanished hours later after leaving work at Jarrold’s department store early. Footage from where she worked on the gin counter showed her beaming as she clutched her bag before exiting the shop. Gaynor was later seen running through Norwich city centre in haunting CCTV that charted her final movements. The mum appeared to be in a hurry and gripped her coat as she dashed across a road between oncoming cars. She then darted into a cathedral where she spent 30 minutes before being captured on the street outside. A witness later said they saw “calm” Gaynor in Wensum Park performing a yoga pose. Her disappearance gripped the nation after police revealed her belongings – including clothing, two rings and a mobile phone – were found scattered across the park. Gaynor’s olive coat, which she was seen clutching in the footage, was later found in the river that runs through the park. The inquest was told Gaynor was pulled from the water by specialist divers on December 15. Her cause of death was given as immersion and drowning and police found no indication of third-party involvement. Timeline of Gaynor's movements December 8 2.44pm – Gaynor is working at the Bullards Gin counter in the basement at Jarrold department store – her clothing is clearly visible 2.45-2.46pm – She leaves the store via the loading bay on Bedford Street 2.47pm – Walks onto London Street past the Cosy Club 2.48pm – Gaynor makes her way onto Queens Street and walks toward the Cathedral 3.22pm – Gaynor is seen on The Close at the cathedral entrance – shortly before exiting through the archway she puts her coat on 3.23pm – She is seen to walk away from the cathedral on Queens Street – here you can see a clear image of the coat she was wearing 3.49pm – This is the last sighting of Gaynor on CCTV near the Playhouse on St George’s Street 3.53pm – Walks along St Crispins Road towards Pitt Street 4.01pm – Gaynor walks up St Augustines Street – her final movements captured in CCTV before going missing Detective Sergeant Mike Cox said Gaynor’s body was “not clothed” and had been submerged 2.5 metres under the water. No alcohol or “drugs of abuse” were found in her blood and there was no evidence she had been assaulted, a police report added. Her husband Clive Lord told the court Gaynor had seemed “absolutely fine” when she left for work that morning. He also said they had been planning a trip to Japan together before she died. The inquest was told she had recently watched a TV show about cold water swimming. Husband Clive 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. “I don’t know this for sure – it’s just me thinking about why she would enter the water.” Norfolk Police previously confirmed they consulted officers from Lancashire Constabulary, who worked on the search for Nicola. Jacqueline Lake, Norfolk’s senior coroner, today ruled Gaynor died as a result of misad

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Mum-of-three told pal she ‘wanted to be like Nicola Bulley’ before she was found drowned in river 7 days after vanishing --[Reported by Umva mag]

A MUM-OF-THREE told a pal she wanted to vanish “like Nicola” before she was found dead in a river seven days after disappearing, an inquest heard.

Gaynor Lord, 55, sparked a huge search after chilling CCTV showed her running through Norwich in December last year.

a woman with blonde hair and red eyes is smiling in front of a brick wall .

Gaynor Lord was discovered dead a week after vanishing[/caption]

a woman is standing in front of a counter in a store holding a brown purse .

She was captured smiling as she left work[/caption]

a blurred image of a person walking down the street

Gaynor was then seen running through the streets of Norwich[/caption]

a woman wearing a black shirt and a necklace is smiling for the camera . — She told a pal she wanted to be like Nicola Bulley

a newspaper article about gaynor lord 's last movements

The tragic mum was found dead a week later in the River Wensum.

An inquest today heard how Gaynor made a comment to a friend about “disappearing like Nicola and people would come looking for her” just two days before she vanished.

Police believed the remark was potentially a reference to Nicola Bulley, who had gone missing while walking her dog in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, on January 27, the court was told.

Nicola was tragically found drowned in the River Wyre three weeks later.

Norfolk Coroners’ Court heard Gaynor had battled mental health issues and was diagnosed with epilepsy.

She was known to have absence seizures as well as psychotic episodes and was on HRT for the menopause.

The court was told in 2011, Gaynor had been taken to hospital after she was found in a local pub worrying that “aliens” were coming.

Two days before she vanished, friend June Rudram said she saw Gaynor, who made the Nicola comment to her.

Ms Rudram said the mum was “reminiscing about her family and past” and “would not stop talking”.

Then, on December 8, Gaynor sent a message saying “help” to a contact in her phone who had “died some time ago”.

In a further message, she wrote that she was “going crazy” and “can feel the fear”, the court heard.

Gaynor vanished hours later after leaving work at Jarrold’s department store early.

Footage from where she worked on the gin counter showed her beaming as she clutched her bag before exiting the shop.

Gaynor was later seen running through Norwich city centre in haunting CCTV that charted her final movements.

The mum appeared to be in a hurry and gripped her coat as she dashed across a road between oncoming cars.

She then darted into a cathedral where she spent 30 minutes before being captured on the street outside.

A witness later said they saw “calm” Gaynor in Wensum Park performing a yoga pose.

Her disappearance gripped the nation after police revealed her belongings – including clothing, two rings and a mobile phone – were found scattered across the park.

Gaynor’s olive coat, which she was seen clutching in the footage, was later found in the river that runs through the park.

The inquest was told Gaynor was pulled from the water by specialist divers on December 15.

Her cause of death was given as immersion and drowning and police found no indication of third-party involvement.

Timeline of Gaynor's movements

December 8

2.44pm – Gaynor is working at the Bullards Gin counter in the basement at Jarrold department store – her clothing is clearly visible

2.45-2.46pm – She leaves the store via the loading bay on Bedford Street

2.47pm – Walks onto London Street past the Cosy Club

2.48pm – Gaynor makes her way onto Queens Street and walks toward the Cathedral

3.22pm – Gaynor is seen on The Close at the cathedral entrance – shortly before exiting through the archway she puts her coat on

3.23pm – She is seen to walk away from the cathedral on Queens Street – here you can see a clear image of the coat she was wearing

3.49pm – This is the last sighting of Gaynor on CCTV near the Playhouse on St George’s Street

3.53pm – Walks along St Crispins Road towards Pitt Street

4.01pm – Gaynor walks up St Augustines Street – her final movements captured in CCTV before going missing

Detective Sergeant Mike Cox said Gaynor’s body was “not clothed” and had been submerged 2.5 metres under the water.

No alcohol or “drugs of abuse” were found in her blood and there was no evidence she had been assaulted, a police report added.

Her husband Clive Lord told the court Gaynor had seemed “absolutely fine” when she left for work that morning.

He also said they had been planning a trip to Japan together before she died.

The inquest was told she had recently watched a TV show about cold water swimming.

Husband Clive 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.

“I don’t know this for sure – it’s just me thinking about why she would enter the water.”

Norfolk Police previously confirmed they consulted officers from Lancashire Constabulary, who worked on the search for Nicola.

Jacqueline Lake, Norfolk’s senior coroner, today ruled Gaynor died as a result of misadventure.

She said she was satisfied that Gaynor had “intended to enter the water but I do find she didn’t intend to die by her actions”.

a woman sits in the back seat of a car holding a bottle of erim water

Gaynor’s disappearance had gripped the nation[/caption]

a woman is standing on a sidewalk with a bus in the background

This was the latest time Gaynor was captured on CCTV[/caption]

a person is running down a street in front of a stone building .

She had entered a cathedral on the day she vanished[/caption]

a person is walking down a sidewalk in a circle .

Gaynor was then seen going towards the park[/caption]

a man in a boat with a box on the back that says ' rescue ' on it — Her body was found in the River Wensum a week later

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