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Police have called off the four-day search for a missing Pilbara woman after police found a body in scrub about 7pm last night.
The discovery was made just 500 metres from the edge of the Tom Price Tourist Park.
A police spokesman confirmed late last night they believed the body was that of Felicity Shadbolt, a mother of two.
Police had been searching on foot and with the assistance of aerial spotters, and could be heard by nearby caravan park residents as they investigated.
One resident said she could hear searchers calling out to each other from her caravan, as they tried to assess the terrain, with one person yelling “she’s down here”.
The mother-of-two was last seen at about 11.30am on Sunday morning when she told friends and family she was going to go for a run at Mount Nameless, about 10km from Tom Price.
The alarm was raised when Flik, as she was known to family and friends, failed to return home at a specified time.
Community rallied during huge search
The search covered more than 70,000 hectares from the air, with police also aided by members of the local pony club on horseback.
Temperatures on Monday and Tuesday had climbed above 40 degrees Celsius, and police had temporarily suspended the on-foot search on Monday afternoon because of the heat.
The search was also hindered by afternoon storms, which affected the two aircraft which were using infra-red technology to look for any heat signals on the ground.
Drones were also deployed to search inaccessible land around the town.
Police had also unsuccessfully attempted to pinpoint Ms Shadbolt’s location through her mobile phone, which was ringing out until Monday, when all calls went straight to voicemail.
Tom Price, which is home to about 3,000 people, opened its local community centre all week so locals could gather and support each other.
The centre will remain open today.
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