POLICE searching for a missing mother-of-three have found a body.

Denise Jacobs, 45, of Chingford was last seen on Monday, July 17 in Bethnal Green.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: “Police were called at around 1.45pm on Sunday, July 23, with a report of concern for a person found in a wooded area near to Woodside, in Thornwood, Epping.

“Officers and ambulance staff attended, but a woman, aged in her 40s, was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene."

While formal identification has yet to take place, Ms Jacobs’ next of kin have been informed.

Police are carrying out enquiries into the circumstances of the death, which is not being treated as suspicious.

A file will be prepared for HM’s Coroner.