Police helicopter finds ‘vulnerable’ missing woman in Stanhope

Emergency services were called on Tuesday evening (April 28) after the woman was reported missing from her home in Tow Law.

A search was launched with officers and dogs on the ground and the police helicopter scouring the area from the sky.

Dog handler PC Laura Armstrong and PD Dutch traced the woman’s car to a remote area near Stanhope.

Officers then concentrated their search on foot in the surrounding fells, where NPAS colleagues spotted the woman lying in a remote area.

NPAS (Image: DURHAM POLICE)

Responders reached the woman and have her oxygen and urgent first aid as she was suffering from suspected hypothermia, before she was flown to hospital for treatment.

A Durham Police spokesperson said: “On Tuesday night, a call came into our force control room following concerns for a vulnerable woman who had gone missing from her home in Tow Law.

“Officers were able to give her very worried family the good news – we wish her a speedy recovery.

“We can’t always share what we get up to, but this is just one of the jobs that we responded to this week to keep the public safe.”