Sadness as body of missing mother recovered from River Foyle

The family of missing Strabane woman Lesley McHugh have expressed both grief and gratitude after her body was recovered from the River Foyle yesterday.

Foyle Search and Rescue volunteers found a female body in the river yesterday afternoon.

The body was identified as that of 69-year-old Lesley McHugh, a much-loved mother of three from the Tyrone town.

Ms McHugh’s family issued a statement thanking everyone in the community who has helped them in any way over the past month:

“Thankfully today our mother has been returned to us.”

“May she rest in peace.”

The PSNI said in a statement: “We are sad to announce that during a search of the River Foyle the body of a female was recovered. Our thoughts are with the family involved.”

West Tyrone SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan offered his condolences to the family, saying: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family concerned and all those suffering such difficult loss.”