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80-year-old Shirley Love found dead in Hamilton's King's Forest area, police say

Shirley Love, an 80-year-old woman who went missing on Tuesday, has been found dead, Hamilton police say.

Shirley Love went missing on Tuesday

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Shirley Love went missing on Tuesday after last being seen near her residence on Mount Albion Road walking south toward Glendale Golf Course that day, police say. (Hamilton Police Service/Twitter)

Shirley Love, an 80-year-old woman who went missing on Tuesday, has been found dead, Hamilton police say.

She was found in the King's Forest area,Hamilton Police Chief Frank Bergen said at a press conference on Friday afternoon.

He said that her body was found after a search that included help from "well over 300" community members.

Police officers and police horse gather around during a press conference.
Hamilton police chief Frank Bergen announced Friday that the body of 80-year-old Shirley Love had been found. (Cara Nickerson/CBC)

Bergen said victim services told the family about their discovery Friday morning, and that out of respect for the family, police would not release details of herdeath.

Love's niece, Carol Tsilibanis, was at the press conference. Shesaid, "There will never be another person like her."

Love's grandson, Chris Corsini, posted a video on Friday thanking the community for coming together to search for his grandmother.

"I want to say thank you to everybody because there was over 300 registered volunteers.There was so many people just on Instagram, Twitter and Youtubeand everywhere just commenting where they were looking and where they were searching," he said.

"I just wanted to send my gratitude and say how much I appreciate everybody trying.Thank you," he said.

Love was last seen near her residence on Mount Albion Road walking south towardGlendale Golf Course at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, police said earlier this week, and was not dressed for the cold weather.

An apartment building beside a police car.
Shirley Love lived in this apartment building, visible from the Glenwood Golf Course, which was used a base during the three-day search for her. (Cara Nickerson/CBC)

Sgt. Scott Galbraith, theofficer in charge of the ground search and rescue efforts, said the 300 volunteers, along withHamilton Police Service's mounted unit, themarine unit, and volunteers from the police service's training program, Mohawk College and Hamilton Fire, all worked together to look for Love.

The search covered a 2.4 kilometre area, Galbraith said, which could be seen on a map of the search behind officers as they made the announcement.

Two officers stand beside a screen that shows a map of the area where Shirley Love went missing. The map is covered in red, where the team searched for her.
The map beside Sgt. Scott Galbraith, who led the Hamilton police search for 80-year-old Shirley Love, shows how thoroughly the 300 volunteers and police officers searched the King's Forest and Glendale Golf Course area. (Cara Nickerson/CBC)

"We give our officers GPS so that we can track where they actually are. So, what you will have seen here is the amalgamation of all of those GPS's," he said.

Bergen said the family is asking for privacy but wanted him to "express their gratitude to the many community members that have come out."