08/12/2006

Body found in missing Suffolk women enquiry

Police divers investigating the murder of a woman reported as missing have found a second body.

A spokesperson for Suffolk Police confirmed that the body of a woman has been found in water near to Copdock Mill, outside Ipswich.

The naked body was found at about 11:30am on Friday morning near the public weighbridge at Copdock Mill. The police diving team was conducting further searches following the discovery of the body of missing prostitute 25-year-old Gemma Adams on December 2. Her body was discovered in water at Thorpe's Hill near Hintlesham in Suffolk last week.

Police said that no further details would be released until the body had been formally identified and the next of kin had been informed.

Police have been searching for prostitute Tania Nichol, 19, who was reported missing in the Ipswich area on October 30.

(SP/KMcA)

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