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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. |
| Gloucestershire Police press conference on missing mother and daughter | Gloucestershire Police press conference on missing mother and daughter |
| Insp Owen Hughes said the first body, of a young girl, had been found at 1020 GMT. | Insp Owen Hughes said the first body, of a young girl, had been found at 1020 GMT. |
| The second body, an adult female, was discovered at 1130 GMT in the lake directly behind Mrs Richmond's home. | 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. | 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. | 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." | "We have officers dedicated to looking after loved ones. Our sympathies are with the family at this time." |
| Mrs Richmond ran Camelia Florist in The Laurels | Mrs Richmond ran Camelia Florist in The Laurels |
| Detectives were first alerted to the pair's disappearance by the family cleaner on Monday morning. | Detectives were first alerted to the pair's disappearance by the family cleaner on Monday morning. |
| Officers said they were waiting to speak to Mrs Richmond's husband, Nick, who was flying back to the UK from New Zealand. | |
| 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. | 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". | 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." | An entry about her said: "She is really mad about three things in life - dogs, ponies and flowers." |