Body found in search for Plymouth woman, 24, last seen in taxi before phone location 'turned off'
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A body has been found in the search for a missing woman who was last seen in a taxi on Friday. Lacey Lake was last seen in the Stonehouse area of Plymouth, Devon, at around 6pm last Friday, and was reported missing yesterday. The 24-year-old was in a grey Mercedes before her location services were "suddenly turned off" and she disappeared.
In an update this evening, Devon and Cornwall Police said a body was found in north Plymouth today. Formal identification is yet to be carried out, officers said. They added that the death is being treated as "unexplained" but it is not believed to be suspicious.
Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Police searching for a missing woman from Plymouth have today, 7 January, located the body of a female. Officers were called around 1.20pm following concerns for the welfare of the woman in Linton Close, Tamerton Foliot.
"Paramedics attended but the woman was pronounced deceased at the scene. The death is being treated as unexplained although not currently believed suspicious. "The family of 24-year-old Lacey Lake who was reported missing on Monday 6 January have been informed. Formal identification has yet to be carried out.".
After Lacey was reported missing, a post from Morgan Hennessy Kelly on Facebook urged people with information on her whereabouts to come forward. Family and friends expressed their concerns as the woman was a Type 1 diabetic and had no insulin with her when she vanished. She also added that Lacey's phone had been on since her disappearance but location services had since been turned off.
