January 22, 2020 9.10 pm This story is over 58 months old

Police pull body from river in Mablethorpe

Another sad discovery in Lincolnshire

Police searching for a missing Lincolnshire woman have recovered a body from the river in Mablethorpe.

Reports were made to emergency services at around 11.50am on Wednesday, January 22 and officers closed Mile Lane for a number of hours in the afternoon.

Police said they believe the person found was missing Lisa Tyler. Formal identification is yet to take place.

Lisa Tyler.

The force thanked the public for their help with their appeal.

It’s the sixth time a body has been recovered from a Lincolnshire waterway this month.

Lisa Tyler, 41, from Sutton on Sea was reported missing on Monday evening at around 7pm, prompting an appeal from police for people to check gardens and outbuildings.

Mablethorpe Coastguards posted on its Facebook page on Monday that it helped with the search of a “high risk missing female in the Sutton on Sea area”.

The Mablethorpe RNLI Lifeboat was also deployed, along with a police drone and dog team.

The team went back out on Tuesday to continue the search and CCTV from the previous evening and morning was reviewed. After an extensive search on Tuesday, Mablethorpe Coastguard stood down.

If you have been affected by this story, you can find out more about the work of the Samaritans charity and the help they offer those in need here.