A man aged in his 70s has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a grandmother who went missing more than six years ago. Patricia Finnie was 64 when she was last seen in Southend at around midday on May 11, 2017, Essex Police said.
She was last seen in the Belle Vue area, having gone to visit a friend at an address in Riviera Drive earlier in the day. The circumstances of her disappearance have been reviewed by specialist detectives in the years since, and Essex Police are now treating the case as a homicide.
On Tuesday, a man aged in his 70s was arrested on suspicion of her murder, the force said. He remains in custody and an area of Hockley Woods is being searched, with work set to continue over the next few days.
