Get you up to speed: French authorities continue search for missing British pensioner Stephanie Thomson
British pensioner Stephanie Thomson has not been seen since January 29, when she disappeared from Camping les Vigères in Le Chalard, France, after returning from a shopping trip. A search operation by the French Gendarmerie has been conducted, but despite using dogs, helicopters, and divers, there has been no sign of her.
The French Gendarmerie conducted extensive searches involving dogs, helicopters, and divers in the Haute-Vienne region but reported no sign of 75-year-old Stephanie Thomson since her disappearance on January 29. Her daughter, Tracy, expressed concerns about her mother’s mental health, stating that “confirmation from her that she is okay would just be great.”
Stephanie Thomson, 75, has not been located since her disappearance on January 29 after a supermarket trip in France, prompting a search operation by the French Gendarmerie involving dogs, helicopters, and divers, which has yielded no results to date. Her husband, Ken, has recently begun chemotherapy for lung cancer, adding to the family’s distress during this ongoing situation.
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British pensioner Stephanie Thomson (left) has not been heard from since January (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)
The daughter of a British woman said her mum has not been seen for three months after vanishing following a supermarket trip in France.
The family of Stephanie Thomson, 75, have spoken about their agony after the British retiree went missing from her motorhome in the western region of Haute-Vienne in January.
She was last seen at Camping les Vigères in Le Chalard on January 29 before she went missing without a trace.
Mrs Thomson had been enjoying her retirement in the French countryside with her husband Ken after moving there in 2012.
Her daughter Tracy, 55, from Redcar, said the past few months have been ‘unimaginable.’
She told the Sun: ‘The last three months have just been like a living hell. Not knowing where she is is one of the hardest things to try and get my head around.
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Stephanie Thomson was last seen at Camping les Vigères in Le Chalard in the French countryside, where she lived with her husband (Picture: North News & Pictures Ltd)
‘I hope she is safe, but every single scenario is running through my mind.
‘It’s torturous. Your mind never switches off.
‘I never imagined that I would be in a situation where I don’t know where my mum is.’
The pensioner is said to have returned from the shops with her husband Ken, a former British Steel worker, who went for a nap.
When he woke up, his wife had left without her phone, passport or credit cards.
It led to a search operation by the French Gendarmerie, with dogs, helicopters and divers deployed to scour the nearby forests and lakes, but there has been no sign of the pensioner.
Daughter Tracy said her dad had recently started chemotherapy for lung cancer.
The couple have been married for 56 years, and Tracy fears her mum may not have coped with the cancer diagnosis as well as she led on.
She said she believes her mum may have gone somewhere by herself ‘because she is not coping.’
‘Confirmation from her that she is okay would just be great, but I understand when people are struggling with their mental health they find it hard to reach out,’ she added.
Mrs Thomson is described as of slim build with grey hair, and she was last seen wearing dark trousers, black or grey boots and a light blue puffer jacket.
Gendarmerie in the Haute-Vienne area issued an appeal in February, saying the woman used to walk the forest paths aroundChalard and Ladignac le Long, but despite extensive searches, she has not been found.
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