A HEARTBROKEN family have paid tribute after the body of a missing 24-year-old woman last seen getting into a taxi was found.
Lacey Lake was spotted in the grey Mercedes before she disappeared from Stonehouse, Plymouth last Friday at around 6pm.
Devon and Cornwall Police said yesterday that a body had been found in Tamerton Foliot on Tuesday December 7.
Now, Lacey’s family have now confirmed “with a broken heart” that the body found was hers.
Her family said that they “had a lot of questions” and have been left devastated by the death of Lacey who was “loved beyond words”.
In a statement on Facebook, her aunt Sara French wrote: “It is with a broken heart I need to inform my friends and family Lacey Lake has sadly passed away and her body was found yesterday.
“Thank you to everyone for the kind words and I know this is a shock to everyone but can people please respect our family right now as we have a lot of questions and we are all heartbroken and our privacy needs to be respected and we need to get her back home.
“Lacey you was loved beyond words and I don’t no how we are ever going to get past this I just hope your at peace with your mum.
“Love you always our mini xxxx.”
In yesterday’s statement, the force described the death as “unexplained,” but added it was “not currently believed to be suspicious”.
Paramedics were called to the north Plymouth area on Tuesday over a concern for welfare.
The woman was pronounced dead shortly afterwards and Lacey’s family have been informed, cops said.
In an earlier post on Facebook, Morgan Hennessy Kelly pleaded for help finding Lacey, who was a Type 1 diabetic and had no insulin with her at the time of her disappearance.
She added that Lacey’s phone had been on since her disappearance but no contact had been made.
Location services had since been turned off – and Lacey could now be “anywhere in Plymouth”, according to Morgan.
In an earlier post on Facebook, Morgan Hennessy Kelly pleaded for help finding Lacey, who was a Type 1 diabetic and had no insulin with her at the time of her disappearance.
She added that Lacey’s phone had been on since her disappearance but no contact had been made.
Location services had since been turned off – and Lacey could now be “anywhere in Plymouth”, according to Morgan.
