Gaynor Lord’s friend claims she missed a call from the missing mum-of-three just minutes after she was last seen on CCTV.
The search for the missing woman has now entered its sixth day as Norfolk police continue to track down her last movements.
CCTV footage released yesterday shows the 55-year-old leaving Jarrold department store in Norwich at about 2.45pm on Friday afternoon.
She then walked along London Street, Queen Street and towards the cathedral.
Gaynor Lord’s friend claim they missed call from missing mum just an hour after last CCTV sighting
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Footage showed Lord on St George’s Street at 3.49pm near the Playhouse in Norwich and finally up St Augustines Street at 4.01pm.
Julie Butcher, who knows Lord through tennis told Sky News she received two calls from the missing mum on the day she went missing.
The first call was timed around 2.37pm, just before Lord was seen leaving work early.
“I answered the call and said ‘who is it?’ and she said ‘it’s Gaynor’,” Butcher said of the first call.
“Then my phone rang and it was one of my clients, so I said to Gaynor can I call you back and she said ‘yes’.
“I rang her back and then she didn’t answer, so I called her again and left a message, and then I messaged her on WhatsApp.”
Gaynor Lord was last seen on CCTV just after 4pm
Norfolk Constabulary
Lord reportedly called Butcher again at around 4.15pm just after she was last seen on CCTV.