UPDATE (13 October): Essex Police has announced that the woman has been found.

In a statement, a spokesperson said: "Good news! We are no longer looking for Karly Rogers, who was missing from Maldon.

"Thank you for supporting our appeal."

Essex Police has called on the public to help them locate a woman, who has gone missing after leaving her home in Heybridge this morning (October 13).

Karly Rogers has not been seen since yesterday afternoon, although police believe she left her home address in a White Volkswagen Tiguan today.

She is a white woman of petite build and is around 5ft 3in tall.

Karly has long, blonde, wavy hair, and her name is tattooed on her wrist.

She has connections throughout Maldon and there is a possibility she may have travelled to Sussex.

Essex Police has urged anybody who knows where Karly is, or has any information on her whereabouts, to call 999, quoting incident 398 of 13 October.

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