Search for missing Sarah Everard, 33, enters sixth day as new CCTV footage shows no sign of her
Police searching for missing Sarah Everard cordon off block of flats and close off South Circular where she was last spotted on CCTV as it is revealed she ‘made 15 minute phone call to her boyfriend’ on journey back home
- Miss Everard, 33, phoned her boyfriend Josh Lowth, also 33, as she made plans to meet him the following day
- Mr Lowth, a marketing executive, from Clapham, raised the alarm when she failed to meet him, her aunt said
- His father Chris Lowth, from Sidcup, Kent, said: ‘We are concerned. We really, really want to see her back.’
- Miss Everard vanished while walking home to Brixton from a friend’s house in Clapham on Wednesday night
- London’s Metropolitan Police officers have been searching ponds in Clapham Common for the past two days
- Ms Everard was last seen wearing a green rain jacket and navy blue trousers with a white diamond pattern
- The Met says its Specialist Crime Command is leading the investigation which they say continues ‘at pace’
- Officers have sealed off a block of flats along the South Circular in Poynders Road this evening
- Police have spoken to more than 750 people and urge anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage to get in touch
Police searching for missing Sarah Everard have cordoned off a block of flats and closed a stretch of the South Circular close to where she was last spotted on CCTV – after it was revealed the marketing executive had made a 15 minute phone call to her boyfriend on the night she vanished.
Miss Everard, 33, ‘vanished into thin air’ after leaving a friend’s house in South London on Wednesday night for a 50-minute walk home.
Officers have sealed off a block of flats along Poynders Road in Clapham as they begin a forensic investigation close to where the Durham University graduated was last seen.
Dozens of police officers were involved in the new search as a 100-metre cordon was raised outside the flats.
A short stretch of the South Circular has been closed along Poynders Road, where the block of flats are, between Cavendish Road and Rodenhurst Road.
Forensic officers have been looking through hedges and along the street as they search for any evidence that could help in their search.
Met Police tweeted this evening: ‘Were you driving in the Poynders Road area after 9.30pm on Wednesday 3rd March? PLEASE check and double check your dash and door cams for footage.’
The search continues after it was revealed Miss Everard spent a quarter of an hour on her phone making plans to see her boyfriend Josh Lowth the following day, before her mobile was either switched off or ran out of battery.
Mr Lowth, 33, whose LinkedIn says he is Marketing Director at MA Exhibitions, later raised the alarm to police when she failed to meet him as she had arranged, her aunt confirmed.
Speaking at Mr Lowth’s family home in Sidcup, Kent, his father Chris told MailOnline: ‘We are concerned, like everybody is. We really, really want to see her back.’
‘The whole family is obviously very worried about her and just wants her home safely.
‘We’re all pulling together and praying that this awful situation is quickly resolved. We want to thank the media for all their help.’
Met Police have released a new image of missing Sarah Everard, who was last seen walking home from a friend’s house in South London last Wednesday. Today officers have cordoned off a block of flats in Clapham as they continue their search
Josh Lowth, 33, is the boyfriend of missing Sarah Everard, the woman seen walking between Clapham Junction and Brixton. The couple spoke for around 15 minutes on the phone before Sarah’s disappearance
Police have sealed off a black of flats along Poynders Road on the South Circular, with a stretch of the road also closed for forensic investigation tonight
Forensic teams from Met Police were outside Poynders Court along the South Circular this evening after Met Police raised a 100-metre cordon during the search for missing Sarah Everard
Teams were seen looking through bushes outside the block of flats as locals looked on. Met Police has urged anyone who was in Poynders Road at around 9.30pm last Wednesday to get in touch
Sarah Everard was last seen walking along Poynders Road last Wednesday, after leaving a friend’s house in Clapham to head home. She spoke to her partner on the phone for around 15 minutes, but failed to meet him the following day
Locals in South London looked on as forensic officers arrived at Poynders Court, where Metropolitan Police set up a cordon
Forensic officers were outside a block of flats in Poynders Road this evening, six days after Ms Everard disappeared last week
Forensic officers could been taking pictures of marked areas outside Poynders Court on Tuesday evening, as the search continues
Officers have sealed off the road from motorists passing by, with the South Circular shut between Cavendish Road and Rodenhurst Road
Forensic officers were seen outside a block of flats along the South Circluar this evening, where police searching for missing Sarah Everard have set up a 100-metre cordon
The cordon envelopes flats along Poynders Road, along with the road outside. Officers remain outside the property tonight
Her family and friends released a plea for her return, saying: ‘Sarah, we are here for whenever you are ready’
Mr Lowth shared a Facebook post appealing for anyone who knows where Sarah is to get in touch with police.
He wrote on Facebook yesterday: ‘Sarah is still missing. Please share this post to help us to find her. Today, more than ever, we miss our strong, beautiful friend.’
Miss Everard’s last sighting on CCTV was at around 9.30pm on Poynder’s Road heading in the direction of Brixton where she lives alone.
Mr Lowth lives in a flat with friends in Clapham, which is a two minute drive from Poynder’s Road.
Her father Jeremy, 67, a professor of electronics at York University, and mother Sue, 64, a charity worker, are understood to have travelled to London from their home in York. They are being helped in the search by her sister Katie and brother James.
In a statement, the family said: ‘With every day that goes by we are getting more worried about Sarah.
‘She is always in regular contact with us and with her friends and it is totally out of character for her to disappear like this.
‘We long to see her and want nothing more than for her to be found safe and well.
‘We are so grateful to the police and all our friends for all they are doing.
‘We are desperate for news and if anyone knows anything about what has happened to her, we would urge you to please come forward and speak to the police. No piece of information is too insignificant.’
Sarah Everard had left a friend’s house at 9pm on Wednesday and had begun a 50 minute journey back to her home in Brixton
Officers were carrying out door-to-door enquiries as they searched outside homes in Brixton for any trace of the missing marketing executive
Investigators believe Sarah walked across Clapham Common towards her home in Brixton, and was last seen on CCTV in Poynders Road before disappearing. Officers are searching outside homes in Brixton today
Family say they are getting ‘getting more worried about Sarah,’ with each passing day, as officers were seen combing through hedges to spot for evidence today
While searches were carried out in Brixton earlier today, officers in nearby Clapham have set up a 100-metre cordon outside a block of flats
Nearly a week after Sarah’s disappearance, officers continue to search residential areas in South London for any sign of her
Mr Lowth, 33, raised the alarm to police when his partner failed to meet him the following day as they had arranged. Today officers have continued their desperate search for the missing woman, looking through bins outside homes in Brixton for any evidence that could help find her
In a statement, Sarah’s family said: ”We are desperate for news and if anyone knows anything about what has happened to her, we would urge you to please come forward and speak to the police. No piece of information is too insignificant’
As well as searching homes, officers have been speaking to locals in Brixton to see if they saw anything important on the night of Sarah’s disappearance
Officers were out searching in people’s gardens in Brixton, along with parts of Clapham Common today, before a cordon was raised outside a block of flats along the South Circular
Police search teams work their way through the reeds in Mount Pond on Clapham Common in the Sarah Everard investigation
A poster is seen as police search teams work their way through the reeds in Mount Pond on Clapham Common today
Relatives say Sarah had taken the route home many times before, as she was visiting a close friend, but she disappeared after speaking to her boyfriend on the phone
A team from London Search and Rescue assist police on Clapham Common in south London where the investigation is based
Josh Lowth, 33, of Brixton, London, urged others to help find ‘our strong beautiful friend’ as police continued to carry out searches today
The Metropolitan Police said that they would be interested in speaking to a pair of dog walkers seen on CCTV (above) in Poynders Road at 9.45pm on Wednesday March 3, 15 minutes after Miss Everard was seen walking down the road
Her uncle Nick Everard, 62, told the Evening Standard: ‘The family are absolutely distraught today and it’s getting worse as the days go on, we still have no more information.
‘I don’t know London well but I fear there could have been some bad people about who approached her. The family are searching with Sarah’s friends who have been absolutely amazing.’
Mr Everard, a building supplies director from Coventry, said that the family was awaiting more information about why his niece’s phone cut out on the night of her disappearance.
He added: ‘It’s a mystery. We are desperate to find answers.
‘Sarah is a professional marketing manager. Her life is stable and she’s travelled all over the place, all over the world.’
He added: ‘She is an intelligent and confident young woman. She has never gone missing before, so for her to disappear like this is completely out of character. We are just hoping for good news. We have to let the police do their job.’
He pleaded to any abductor to release the 33-year-old and ‘let her come home’.
Police investigating the disappearance of the 33-year-old have said a white hate found in a bush did not belong to the missing woman as the search for clues enters its fifth day. The force ruled out a connection with the hat
Police search Long Pond on Clapham Common for missing woman Sarah Everard, 33, who left a friend’s house in Clapham
Police officers use specialist equipment to search Long Pond on Clapham Common for clues to help their investigation
Mr Everard said: ‘If someone is holding her against her will I would plead with them just to be human and to let her come home, to let her talk to us, give us a ring or text to let us know she is OK.
‘These are desperate times for the family. We know the police are doing everything they can but it’s the not knowing what has happened after four days is agonising’.
Another uncle, Doug Everard, said his niece had walked along the route ‘many, many times before’ because she had been visiting a good friend.
He said she had moved to London about 12 years ago and that she also had a sister and brother who also lived in London.
He added: ‘She is lovely, a really lovely young lady, very sensible.
Specialist Met Police officers in Long Pond on Clapham Common as the search for Sarah Everard enters its fifth day
The search continued as officers from were seen searching the grounds of Poynders Gardens Estate, Clapham
Police search near Poynders Road, Clapham where missing poster asks for help to find Sarah who went missing six days ago
A police diver emerges from a pond at Poynders Gardens Estate as the extensive search for Sarah Everard continues
Met said an extensive investigation is underway, including house enquiries to establish whether there were any sightings
‘The police are keeping my brother informed and we are on the end of a phone.
‘It is a really tough time. They are devastated and they are desperate to find out anything they can.
‘None of us really know anything.
‘They have always been a very very close family. Sarah, her parents and her sister and brother, they are all in touch on a regular basis.
Jane Everard, Sarah’s aunt added: ‘She’s not somebody who is depressed or who would have run off or anything like that.
‘The friends that she visited had said that everything was well when she left.
‘When she didn’t show up [to meet her boyfriend], he then spoke to the family and the alarm was raised because it was so out of character for her not to be in touch with anybody, friends or family.’
Sarah Everard’s sister shared a heartfelt plea on her Instagram page as she thanked supporters who have helped so far
An appeal poster in Brixton, south London, for information on missing Sarah Everard, 33
Police search Poynders Gardens Estate in Clapham, London, on Monday morning shortly before a cordon was set up nearby
Scotland Yard is still treating the case as a missing person’s inquiry but last night said it was ‘open-minded as to all possibilities’.
The Metropolitan Police said that they would be interested in speaking to a pair of dog walkers seen on CCTV (above) in Poynders Road at 9.45pm on Wednesday March 3, 15 minutes after Miss Everard was seen walking down the road.
A spokesman said: ‘We continue to appeal to anyone who may have seen Sarah to come forward.’
Specialist police officers in diving gear yesterday searched a pond and combed through a park close to Miss Everard’s last known location.
A police source told the Evening Standard: ‘It’s like she just disappeared into thin air (after the last CCTV sighting).
‘We think she went up Poynders Road because it’s usually busy and safer than the back routes.’
Police have been carrying out door-to-door inquiries in the hope of finding further information, having admitted they do not know if Miss Everard made it back to her house.
Ms Everard was last seen wearing a green rain jacket, navy blue trousers, a white hat, and turquoise and orange trainers
A police boat with a search dog traverses the Mount pond and its island for any signs of Sarah Everard who has disappeared
This is the second day in a row police officers have headed out in a boat with a sniffer dog to search bodies of water for clues
Police carry out search of a pond on Clapham Common with a sniffer dog as they look for clues
Detective Chief Inspector Katherine Goodwin said: ‘This is definitely a missing person investigation at the moment but I remain open-minded as to all possibilities in the investigation.’
‘We’ve spoken to over 750 different people and addresses have been visited. We’ve received over a hundred calls so far.’
She said police had reviewed hours of CCTV around Ms Everard’s movements on the night she was last seen and appealed for drivers to come forward with dashcam footage.
CCTV footage showed Miss Everard, who is 5ft 4in, entering a Sainsbury’s store earlier in the evening, where she bought a bottle of wine to bring to her friend’s house.
Ms Everard is thought to have walked across Clapham Common, and was due to arrive home in Brixton 50 minutes later but has not been seen since she left her friends house that evening
Met Police were joined by London Search and Rescue volunteers who said they had been searching Clapham Common
Pictured: A team seen searching undergrowth yesterday. She is thought to have left Leathwaite Road through a back gate
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting CAD 3309/06MAR. Information can also be provided anonymously by calling the Missing People charity on 116 000.
People with information can also contact the incident room on 0208 785 8244 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
