8:11am Monday 8th March 2010
POLICE mounted another search of the River Wear in the hunt for missing Leanne Chambers at the weekend.
Ms Chambers, 30, disappeared from the home she shares with Steven Crossland, in The Anchorage, Chester-le- Street, on February 23.
Mr Crossland, 35, said his partner was being treated for depression and had been worried that a sicknote excusing her from work was coming to an end.
A search was mounted and her coat and purse were found in the River Wear, in the town’s Riverside Park, – and her mobile phone was found on a park bench.
Police returned on Saturday to search the river above the weir, where her mobile phone was found, while a boat also searched the river as far as Sunderland.
Ms Chambers, who is originally from Shildon, County Durham, and also used to work for The Northern Echo as a sales representative, is 5ft 7in, slim to medium build and was wearing her hair in a dark brown bob.
She was wearing a grey hooded top, black leggings and dark Ugg boots.
Anyone with information is asked to call 0345-60-60-365.
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