Rachel Booth's husband pays emotional tribute after mother-of-three's body was found in lake after she vanished on early morning jog

 

The husband of Rachel Booth has paid a heartfelt tribute to his 'cherished' wife after her body was recovered from a lake in Cheshire.

Cheshire Constabulary confirmed that the body found yesterday by search teams at a lake in Oakmere was that of 38-year-old Rachel Booth, a mother of three from Barnton, near Northwich.

She had been reported missing in the early hours of Saturday, after being last seen at 3:50am that morning on CCTV entering a Shell petrol station in Sandiway, around seven miles from her home.

Later that day, officers cordoned off the Wild Shore Delamere water sports centre near Chester and it is understood Ms Booth's belongings were found close to the lake at the centre.

On Sunday, police confirmed that specialist divers had begun searching the water and a body was recovered yesterday, and in an update this morning, officers confirmed it had been formally identified as Ms Booth.

Following the tragic news, Rachel's family has released a statement: 'Rachel, who was known to us as Helena, was a cherished member of our family. She was a guiding light whose strengths, love, and devotion touched us all.

'Her kindness was constant and her presence a strength to everyone she knew, a loving mother, wife, daughter and sister who can never be replaced but always present in our hearts.

'Her absence leaves a space, but her smiles are a memory we will treasure forever.