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Woman’s body found in police hunt for missing photographer CHURCH ROAD The wooded area where the body was discovered and [inset] Sabrina Goacher
By Richard Williams POLICE are today [Wednesday] waiting on the results of a post-mortem following the discovery of a body in woodland near to Tunbridge Wells town centre, understood to be that of a talented local photographer. Sabrina Goacher, 30, who lived in the town, had been missing since Sunday when she was last seen walking home along Dunstan Road, near to Grosvenor Bridge at the bottom of Camden Road, at around 6am. Worried family and friends contacted police after the front of house supervisor for West Kent and Ashford College, where she also worked as an events coordinator, failed to return home.
Ms Goacher, who police described as being 5ft 4ins tall and of slim build, was last seen wearing a yellow jacket and carrying a black handbag with pictures of witches on it.
‘Detectives are now working to establish the cause of her death ’ Kent Police Spokesman
On Monday night, officers were called to Tunbridge Wells at 8.47pm, after a woman’s body was discovered in a secluded wooded area off Church Road, between London Road and Mount Ephraim and next to the Common.
Church Road had been closed to all traffic since July for roadworks, and yesterday remained cordoned off as police and scenes of crime officers continued to examine the area where the body was found. Last night a police spokesman said officers were waiting for the results of a post-mortem and that ‘detectives are now working to establish the cause of her death’, which was being treated as ‘unexplained’. While officers have yet to formerly identify the body, police confirmed confirmed that Ms Goacher’s family have been informed of the discovery. How the body was found and by whom is not yet known. The talented young photographer
was a familiar face to many in the local music scene. She worked with a number of bands and was a regular at local festivals and music events. For the last 13 years she also worked part time at the popular Cassidy’s Sports Bar in Tunbridge Wells. The young woman was also a local events organiser, including for the Small Charities Coalition, and she also campaigned on behalf of the homeless. Lately she had been active in raising money for Samaritans, which she got involved with following the death of musician friend, David Saunders, a bass player with alternative rock band
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