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Body found in Mersham woodland after search for missing pensioner Sheila Ratcliffe

Police have found a body in the search for a missing pensioner.

Sheila Ratcliffe was last seen leaving the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford during the evening of Saturday, August 1.

This image shows Sheila Ratcliffe shortly before she left Ashford's William Harvey Hospital
This image shows Sheila Ratcliffe shortly before she left Ashford's William Harvey Hospital

A CCTV image was released as part of the search for the 76-year-old, however no new information was discovered until Wednesday.

It was then that officers were called to woodland in Mersham at around midday, where the body of a woman was found.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said: "Formal identification has not yet taken place however the family of a 76-year-old woman who was reported missing from Ashford on Sunday, August 2 have been informed.

"The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report is being prepared for the coroner.

A police van parked on the A20 near Mersham on Wednesday afternoon
A police van parked on the A20 near Mersham on Wednesday afternoon

"Officers would like to thank all those people who shared the appeal to locate her."

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