POLICE have suspended the search for a missing woman after a body was found.
Diane Hatherly, 72, had been reported missing from her home in West Mersea on Wednesday morning.
Essex Police have now confirmed a woman's body was found in the sea at 4pm.
The search has now been suspended.
Formal identification is yet to take place but her family have been informed.
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