Police using sniffer dogs and searching drains in hunt for Sarah Everard

The 33-year-old was last seen departing a friend’s house in Clapham, south London, at around 9pm on Wednesday.
CCTV image of Sarah Everard captured earlier on the night she went missing
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Margaret Davis9 March 2021

Police are using sniffer dogs and searching drains as the hunt for missing marketing executive Sarah Everard continues nearly a week since she vanished.

Friends and relatives have issued urgent appeals on social media to help find the 33-year-old who has not been seen since leaving a friend’s house in Clapham south London, at around 9pm on Wednesday.

Footage from a doorbell camera shows her walking along the A205 Poynders Road towards Tulse Hill at around 9.30pm that night.

On Tuesday two police officers with sniffer dogs were seen searching outside the nearby Oaklands Estate and gardens in surrounding streets.

Other officers were lifting covers and searching drains along the A205.

Sarah Everard
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Ms Everard left her friend’s flat in Leathwaite Road in Clapham at around 9pm on to the A205 South Circular and is thought to have walked through Clapham Common towards her house in Brixton in a journey which should have taken around 50 minutes.

Her family have said it is “totally out of character” for her to disappear like this.

Women living in the area near where she vanished told reporters they had been warned by police to be extra vigilant.

Scotland Yard said no official advice was being given to local residents, but it would remind them of “normal personal safety advice”.

Investigators are not currently linking the disappearance to reports of women being followed in surrounding areas.

Clothing and other items worn by Sarah Everard on the night she went missing
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Detective Chief Inspector Katherine Goodwin, who is leading the Metropolitan Police’s investigation, provided an update on efforts to find Ms Everard on Monday afternoon.

She said: “This is definitely a missing persons investigation at the moment but I remain open-minded as to all possibilities in the investigation.”

DCI Goodwin said search efforts were continuing “at pace”.

She said: “We are currently knocking on doors. We’ve spoken to over 750 different people and addresses have been visited.

“We continue to receive hundreds of calls from the public. 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.

DCI Goodwin also appealed for anyone with more footage to come forward, particularly people with a dash cam, such as delivery drivers, who may have been driving along Poynders Road at around 9pm on Wednesday.

“The evidence that you have on your dash cam could be absolutely vital to finding Sarah,” she said.

Ms Everard was last seen wearing a green rain jacket, navy blue trousers with a white diamond pattern, and turquoise and orange trainers. She is thought to have been wearing green earphones and a white beanie hat.

In an earlier statement, Ms Everard’s 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.”

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