Missing British woman disappeared in Spain holiday hotspot three days ago

Daily Mirror

6 days ago

A missing persons case is gaining more traction as no more information is found regarding a woman who went missing from Vera, Spain three days ago. It is unknown whether the 41-year-old was a tourist or resident.
Fears are growing for a British woman who vanished from a popular Spanish resort three days ago.
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Jennifer Frances Lacey, 41, went missing from Vera on Monday, July 28. Her disappearance was reported by the SOS Missing Persons Association. She is described as measuring 5ft 2in and having curly brown hair, blue eyes and wears prescription glasses. Investigations are ongoing into whether Jennifer is a tourist or a resident.
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SOS Missing Persons is urging locals with information about his whereabouts to contact them by calling 868286726 or emailing [e-mail]. Those in Spain are also advised to call the emergency number 112. It comes after a Brit mum's 'horrendous' death after being scratched by a puppy with rabies on holiday.
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The British mother endured "horrendous headaches" before losing her ability to walk or speak, ultimately succumbing to rabies following a "mild scratch" from a puppy whilst on holiday, her daughter has revealed.
Yvonne Ford, from Barnsley in South Yorkshire, was holidaying in Morocco with her husband in February when she encountered the stray dog that had been resting beneath her sunbed. However, due to the seemingly insignificant nature of the scratch, the 59-year-old dismissed it entirely, only falling seriously ill months later upon returning to the UK, prompting a visit to Barnsley Hospital.
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Her daughter Robyn Thomson described how the rabies progressed gradually, initially disrupting her mother's sleep patterns before robbing her of the ability to speak or swallow. The grandmother-of-four also began experiencing hallucinations and developed hydrophobia.
She was subsequently moved to Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, where medics finally identified the rare yet devastating virus, and tragically she died on June 11.
Neonatal nurse Robyn, 32, from Barnsley, described her mother as a "huge animal lover" who possessed the "biggest heart".
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"[Mum] was the most loving person imaginable. She had the biggest heart. She was my best friend and the most fantastic grandparent to mine and my brother's children. She was a huge animal lover so for her to have died of rabies - it is just particularly horrendous. She will be missed so dearly," she said. Robyn revealed that her mother's passing came as an enormous blow to the entire family, particularly given the lengthy period before symptoms emerged, explaining: "She and dad were on a holiday in Morocco and they were on a private beach next to the hotel. There was a puppy underneath mum's sunbed and it scratched her leg.
"There was no blood and no evidence of the dog being unwell. It was such a mild scratch and it never got infected so we just thought nothing of it at the time. Mum came home and everything was normal. We went to Florida as a family and she went fishing with my dad.
"But in June she came down with this horrendous headache. She was in a lot of pain so went to hospital. Soon, she couldn't sleep, she couldn't walk, she couldn't talk. She was hallucinating and had a fear of water. She couldn't swallow. She was choking on her own saliva. So doctors put her in an induced coma.
"It wasn't until over a week later that she was diagnosed with rabies. There's only one outcome for rabies once symptoms develop and it's death every time. So we had to turn off her life support."
The family later discovered that whilst rabies symptoms typically manifest after several months, the lethal virus can remain dormant for as long as two years.