POLICE searching for missing Elizabeth Hayward, a Gloucester resident, can confirm that the body of a woman has been found in the River Severn near Westgate Island, Gloucester.
The body was found late this morning.
Formal identification has yet to take place but Elizabeth’s next of kin have been informed that a body has been discovered.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and the coroner has been informed.
Elizabeth Hayward, aged 58, was last seen at her residence in central Gloucester yesterday evening.
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