The body of an elderly woman who went missing in floodwaters almost a month ago has been found washed up on a riverbank.
Adele Morrison was reported missing on March 17 when her family failed to reach her after she drove to Gloucester from her home at Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-north coast as a once-in-a-100-year flood inundated the region.
The 78-year-old s body was uncovered about 5.15pm on Saturday on the riverbank of a rural property at Barrington, 10km from Gloucester. A property owner notified police after locating the body of a woman on the riverbank of his rural property on Barrington West Road, Barrington, police said in a statement.
Body found on Barrington riverbank believed to be elderly woman missing in NSW floods
Empty car belonging to Adele Morrison, 78, was pulled from swollen river in March during torrential rain on mid-north coast
A flooded street in Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-north coast in March. Adele Morrison was last seen at a shopping centre in Gloucester after leaving home in Port Macquarie on 16 March. A body found on a Barrington riverbank is believed to be Morrison. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/AAP
A flooded street in Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-north coast in March. Adele Morrison was last seen at a shopping centre in Gloucester after leaving home in Port Macquarie on 16 March. A body found on a Barrington riverbank is believed to be Morrison. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/AAP
The body of an elderly woman who went missing on the NSW Mid North Coast days before once-in-100-year floods hit the region has been found on the riverbank of a farm near Gloucester.
NSW Police have confirmed a farmer notified them at 5.15pm yesterday after making the tragic discovery on his property on Barrington West Road in Barrington.
Adele Morrison, 78, was last seen leaving her home in Port Macquarie about 6am on March 16 to travel to Gloucester.
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Adele Morrison, aged 78, was last seen leaving her home in Port Macquarie about 6am on Tuesday (16 March 2021) to travel to Gloucester. She has not been heard from since.(NSW Police Force)
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Subscriber only The search for a missing Maclean woman, last seen leaving her son s Port Macquarie home to visit Gloucester, has come to a sad end after a body was located on a rural property on Saturday. The 78-year-old woman was last seen leaving her son s home in Port Macquarie on Tuesday March 16, 2021, to travel to Gloucester. Family members reported her missing to Mid North Coast police on Wednesday March 17, 2021, and About 5.15pm on Saturday April 10, a property owner notified police after locating the body of a woman on the riverbank of his rural property on Barrington West Road, Barrington.
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