Victoria Taylor’s Instagram was still active after she disappeared as police found her cap and bag.
Bride-to-be Ms Taylor, who is a nurse, was last seen at her home in Malton, North Yorkshire, at 9am on Monday, prompting a major search.
Divers are carrying out a search along a stretch of the River Derwent in Malton near the home she shared with her fiance Matthew Williams and their two-year-old daughter.
Friends of the missing mother-of-one claim her Instagram account was still ‘active’ after she vanished. It’s unclear why the 34-year-old’s account would have been active on Tuesday, after she was last seen the day before.
Police released CCTV footage that was captured at 11.35am on Monday, at a BP garage in Welham Road in the Norton area of Malton. It shows the 34-year-old mother inside the shop wearing a camouflage cap and a blue Adidas coat.
Some of her belongings were found by police along the riverbank of the River Derwent, including the camo cap she wore in the CCTV images as well as her rucksack, a salmon pink Vans brand.
Bride-to-be Victoria Taylor (pictured with her fiance Matthew Williams), who is a nurse, was last seen at her home in Malton, North Yorkshire, at 9am on Monday, prompting a major search
Bride-to-be Ms Taylor, who is a nurse, was last seen at her home in Malton, North Yorkshire, at 9am on Monday, prompting a major search. Divers are carrying out a search along a stretch of the River Derwent in Malton near the home she shared with her fiance Matthew Williams and their two-year-old daughter
CCTV footage from Monday at 11.35am shows Victoria Taylor, 34, inside a BP garage wearing a camo hat and a blue Adidas coat
The items were found just lying in the open, not hidden.
Following her mysterious disappearance, the bottles of soft drinks Ms Taylor was filmed buying at the petrol station were found by her relatives in a clearing on the riverside path.
Police have confirmed that these items were purchased with Ms Taylor’s card at the petrol station.
In regards to her ‘active’ Instagram account, friends have claimed Ms Taylor’s family may have been using her Instagram profile, which led to the account showing as ‘active’.
However, the missing bride-to-be’s loved ones have not stated this was the case.
Ms Taylor was seen at her home in the market town at 9am on Monday with her husband Matthew and their two-year-old daughter. She was Facetiming siblings.
Mr Williams and his fiancee then left with their daughter to visit his parents. Ms Taylor then left his parents’ house and did not return, her sister Heidi Baker said.
A local lady saw her crossing the railway crossing near a Lidl store in Welham Road about 11.30 to 12 noon, heading towards the River Derwent.
A woman in a house near the play park saw her coming down the path leading to the river.
She was then seen by locals passing a local children’s play park, the Riverside Playground, and walking along a thickly overgrown path next to the river between 11.30am and noon.
Following the discovery of Ms Taylor’s belongings, police have been carrying out extensive searches along the River Derwent.
Victoria was last seen at her home in Malton at 9am on Monday prompting a huge search operation
Victoria Taylor’s (pictured with her brother Joe) Instagram was still active after she disappeared as police found her cap and bag
A missing persons poster for Victoria attached on the railing of a bridge over the River Derwent in Malton, North Yorkshire
Victoria was due to marry her fiancé Matthew, but they had not set a date, having just returned from their first family holiday in Majorca
Search teams could be seen combing a section of the River Derwent in Malton, North Yorkshire, for 34-year-old Victoria Taylor
River Derwent in Malton, North Yorkshire where police water search units have been searching for mother-of-one Victoria
Drones have been used in the search while police in kayaks have also been seen on the river.
An underwater team has also been involved while others officers have reviewed hours of CCTV from around Malton where the mother-of-one was last seen.
Ms Taylor’s friends and family have also been searching the area and have said they will not give up on trying to find her.
One friend said: ‘The majority of Malton and several other areas are searching for you. I’m praying and hoping each and every day to hear good news.’
Any immediate sightings of Ms Taylor should be reported to police on 999.
Anyone with any information that could help the search, is urged to call 101 and quote reference 12240178710.
