Body of missing Carol Smalley believed to have been found
A body believed to be that of Carol Smalley has been found. Picture: Norfolk Police - Credit: Norfolk Police
A body found at an RSPB nature reserve is believed to be that of a 54-year-old woman who went missing from a Norfolk beach.
A body of a female was found on a beach at Minsmere Nature Reserve in Suffolk on Tuesday.
While police said formal identification of the woman's body is due to take place, it is believed to be that of 54-year-old Carol Smalley, from Lincolnshire.
Her next of kin have been informed.
Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious and a file for the coroner will now be prepared.
Mrs Smalley was last seen on Wednesday, January 3 with her clothes and a bag found on a beach at Hopton.
Her disappearance had led to extensive searches with police even using a drone.
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Previous searches involved lifeboat crews and Coastguard teams, a Lowland Search and Rescue Team and the Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service.