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Bodies found in missing pair hunt Bodies found in missing pair hunt
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Police searching for a missing florist and her disabled daughter have recovered two bodies from a lake near their home in Gloucestershire.Police searching for a missing florist and her disabled daughter have recovered two bodies from a lake near their home in Gloucestershire.
Jude Richmond, 41, and Millie Whitehead-Richmond, nine, were last seen at their home in South Cerney, Gloucestershire on Sunday evening. Jude Richmond, 41, and Millie Whitehead-Richmond, nine, were last seen at their home in South Cerney, Gloucestershire, on Sunday evening.
Divers from Avon and Somerset Police began a search of the lake immediately behind their home on Wednesday morning.Divers from Avon and Somerset Police began a search of the lake immediately behind their home on Wednesday morning.
Police said the bodies of a young girl and an adult female had been found.Police said the bodies of a young girl and an adult female had been found.
Officers were alerted to the pair's disappearance by the family cleaner at 1000 GMT on Monday. Insp Owen Hughes said the first body, of a young girl, had been found at 1020 GMT.
A Gloucestershire Police spokeswoman said it was too early to say if the deaths were suspicious. Celebrity florist
The second body, an adult female, was discovered at 1130 GMT in the lake directly behind Mrs Richmond's home.
Formal identification of the two bodies is expected to take place on Thursday at the post-mortem examination.
Mr Hughes said: "There are numerous lines to this investigation, we are not ruling anything out at this stage.
"We have officers dedicated to looking after loved ones. Our sympathies are with the family at this time."
Detectives were first alerted to the pair's disappearance by the family cleaner on Monday morning.
Mrs Richmond ran Camelia Florist in The Laurels
Officers are waiting to speak to Mrs Richmond's husband, Nick, who was flying back to the UK from Australia.Officers are waiting to speak to Mrs Richmond's husband, Nick, who was flying back to the UK from Australia.
Mrs Richmond, who runs Camelia Florist in The Laurels, South Cerney, has provided flowers for the Queen Mother, the movie Bridget Jones's Diary and the band Pink Floyd.
The Camelia Florist website described her daughter Millie as the "business's mascot".
An entry about her said: "She is really mad about three things in life - dogs, ponies and flowers."