Yahoo News Missing Vicki Taylor: Everything we know about search for Yorkshire mum
It has now been three days since Yorkshire mum Victoria Taylor was last seen in her Malton home.
Family, friends, the local community and the police have been desperately searching for the 34-year-old since she disappeared without a trace Monday, September 30. On Wednesday, October 2, North Yorkshire Police dedicated more resources to the search, with specialist divers working at the River Derwent near Malton.
Malton is around 23 miles southwest of Scarborough. Members of the public have been told to expect an increased police presence in the area as the search for Vicki continues.
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Meanwhile, the community has also rallied around, with many stepping out in person and online to spread the word about Vicki's disappearance. Vicki originally comes from Hudersfield and also has links to Halifax.
Here is everything we know about the mum who was last seen at an address in Malton, North Yorkshire, at 9am on Monday.
Missing Vicki Taylor: Everything we know so far
The last official sighting of Victoria was at an address in Malton at 9am on Monday, September, 30.
According to local residents, it is believed Victoria left her home and was seen in Commercial Street in Norton headed towards the library.
Residents then say she was seen on CCTV in Marks & Spencer, where she bought a "bottle of soft drink".
Police have said Victoria was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black Adidas original puffa jacket with white stripes down the sleeves, a grey Jack Wills hooded jumper and was carrying a salmon / pink Vans backpack.
Vicki lives in Malton with her partner and little girl but is originally from Huddersfield.
Divers have been searching waters in and around Malton today as fears for Victoria's welfare grow. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "We’re continuing to search for 34-year-old Victoria Taylor who has now been missing for three days.
Searches have been organised by friends and family as they try to find the mum. The best friend of a missing mum has been rallying the community to keep up the search, Charlotte Cundill, has set up Facebook page "The search for Vixx", where she has urged the community to keep sharing and circulating pictures of Victoria.
Friends and family of Vicki have been tirelessly putting up posters both locally and further afield. Charlotte said she had handed out 120 posters around the town on Wednesday, while others had put up posters in the GP surgery and businesses around Osbaldwick in York.
Others have been spreading the word further afield, with some people saying they have put up posters in Leeds, Scarborough, York and Driffield as well as in Halifax.
Plea to look in garages and outbuildings - many have been out on foot trying to look for Victoria, urging people to also check stables, outbuildings, sheds, and churches or anywhere else Victoria may have taken shelter.
Inspector Leanne Anderson from North Yorkshire Police said: “There are a range of enquiries taking place to try and locate Victoria. This is still a missing person enquiry, and the focus of our activity is within the Malton / Norton area.
“Extensive searches will take place today and I would urge members of the public in the Malton / Norton areas to remain vigilant and report sightings or pass information to police immediately on 101 or 999.”
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