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| Body confirmed as missing mother Charlotte Bevan | Body confirmed as missing mother Charlotte Bevan |
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| A body found in the hunt for a missing mother and her baby has been formally identified as Charlotte Bevan. | A body found in the hunt for a missing mother and her baby has been formally identified as Charlotte Bevan. |
| The mother went missing from Bristol's St Michael's Hospital on Tuesday with four-day-old daughter Zaani. | The mother went missing from Bristol's St Michael's Hospital on Tuesday with four-day-old daughter Zaani. |
| Ms Bevan did not have a coat or shoes was wearing hospital slippers, while her baby was wrapped in blankets. The hospital has launched a review. | |
| A search close to the Clifton Observatory is still under way to find the missing baby. | A search close to the Clifton Observatory is still under way to find the missing baby. |
| A police statement said: "An intensive search operation is still under way in the Avon Gorge area involving police, Avon Search and Rescue, mountain rescue volunteers and the police helicopter. | |
| "Our thoughts remain with Charlotte's family and partner Pascal." | |
| Police described Ms Bevan as a "good mother" who was making "great progress" in hospital. | |
| Friends described the new mother as part of a "happy couple" and said her disappearance was "out of character". | |
| 'Sounded alarm' | |
| A spokesman for University Hospitals Bristol, which runs St Michael's Hospital, said Ms Bevan had discharged herself for "reasons unknown" and there had been no signs she was planning to leave. | |
| "Charlotte and her baby were seen by staff at 20:30. When staff went to check on her at 21:05 they found Charlotte and her baby missing and immediately sounded the alarm," he said. | |
| The hospital added: "We will be conducting a thorough review of the care Charlotte and her baby received to see if there was anything we could have done to prevent this tragic and unexplained death. | |
| "We continue to work closely with other agencies who are continuing to search for Charlotte's baby daughter." | |
| The hospital spokesman added that access to the maternity unit is controlled by a "door release" and CCTV. It is not clear how Ms Bevan was able to leave. |