Body Found In Search For Isle Of Wight Woman

28 May 2014, 06:14 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50

A body's been found by police searching for a missing woman on the Isle of Wight.

67-year-old Patricia Tolfree vanished from her home in Totland Bay on Saturday (24 May 2014).

She was last seen by her husband at around 8.30 that morning. She was planning to go to the mainland to visit friends in Winchester for the day but did not return home in the evening.
 
Mrs Tolfree’s vehicle, a blue 57 registration Volkswagen Polo, was later located on the Island.

A Hampshire Police spokesperson said:

"Police have discovered a body on the beach below High Down Chalk pit on the Isle of Wight.
 
"The family of missing woman Patricia Anne Tolfree, who was reported missing on Saturday 24 May, has been informed.
 
"The body has not yet been identified."