A body has been found in the search for a woman who went missing while walking her dog, police have said.
Ausra Plungiene, 56, from Prestatyn, north Wales, was last seen on Tuesday when she is believed to have left for a walk with her dog, Eyora, at about 10.30am but failed to return home.
A search across Eryri national park (Snowdonia), was coordinated after the alarm was raised shortly before 10pm on Tuesday, and her car was found in a remote car park in the Rowen area in the early hours of Wednesday, North Wales police said.
On Thursday, mountain rescue team members found a woman’s body near Yr Aryg in the Carneddau mountain range, police said. They said a dog had been found alive and Plungiene’s family had been informed, although formal identification had yet to take place.
Supt Owain Llewelyn said: “I would like to offer my thanks to all involved in the search for Ausra, in what have been extremely difficult weather conditions. Finally, I would appeal for Ausra’s family to be afforded some privacy during the coming days.”
Search teams worked through snow and gale-force winds in the search.
