A body has been found in the search for a missing woman from Rushmere St Andrew.

Officers searching the woodland close to Stratton Hall, near Levington, found the body, believed to be Christine Murton.

Ms Murton, aged 78, is thought to have left her house in the morning of Wednesday, November 12 and was reported missing that evening.

A spokeswoman for Suffolk police confirmed the death is being treated as unexplained, but there are not currently believed to be any suspicious circumstances.

Formal identification procedures have not yet taken place, but Christine’s family has been informed and a file will be prepared for the coroner.

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