Essex Police are asking the public to help find Nicky Crouchman, a 48-year-old woman from Saffron Walden who was last seen at about 11am on Tuesday 19 May in the area of Winstanley Road.
Police said Ms Crouchman is 5ft 2ins tall, with shoulder-length auburn hair, and may be driving a black VW Golf with the registration LD61 PYB. Anyone who sees her or has information about where she is should call 999 immediately and quote incident 743 of Tuesday 19 May.
The appeal matters because officers are trying to trace her now, not later, and the search extends beyond one town. Ms Crouchman has connections to Saffron Walden, Haverhill and across West Suffolk, giving police a wider area to cover as they work to narrow her movements after she was last seen. The source does not say where she went after that sighting, which is why the call for help has gone out so quickly.
For people who may have seen the car or noticed someone matching her description since Tuesday morning, the safest response is to ring 999 at once. At this stage, the key fact is simple: police have one confirmed sighting, one vehicle they want the public to watch for, and one immediate request — help find Nicky Crouchman before more time passes.
