Body is found in hunt for missing mother

Police believe it is Rachel Booth after divers search lake

- By Chris Riches

POLICE divers searching for a missing mother-of-three who vanished near a lake during an early morning jog have found a body.

Rachel Booth, 38, left home in the early hours of Saturday and was captured on CCTV at 3.50am in a petrol station shop seven miles away.

Later that day the focus shifted to a lake two miles away in Oakmere, Cheshire, where the tragic discovery was made yesterday.

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Cheshire Police confirmed they had informed Rachel's husband Carl, 47, who lives with her and her three sons, aged six, 10 and 13, in Barnton, near Northwich. A statement by the force said: "Police searching for a missing woman have sadly found a body.

"Rachel Booth was reported missing by her family. Officers have been searching tirelessly for the 38-year-old since her disappearance.