Body found after search
6:39pm Thursday 15th May 2008
A BODY has been found by police searching for a 75-year-old woman missing since yesterday (Wednesday).
Search and rescue teams began looking for Celia Speirs, who is from Scotland, after she vanished from Dulverton.
The body was found near Pixton Park today.
Police officers, community support officers and the Avon and Somerset police helicopter had all been involved in the search.
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