Disappearances of women and rivers

[Cm19841]

I am just reading the terrible story about Victoria Taylor and the suggestion she fell into the river Derwent.

There have a been a number of these stories recently. They are all awful. But I can't recall this happening so frequently in the past. Am I wrong? Did this happen and it was less reported? Is it incredibly risky to walk alone by riverbanks, all the more so if you are female? How dangerous is this?

If you had looked into all these well then you would know that in at least one of these cases (I only say one as it's a case close to me, I'm sure in others too) there was no foul play. Although tragic, her family are in no doubt there was no foul play. It's really distasteful to publish a list like this when you know nothing about the people involved. Tragic events shouldn't be opportunities for you to play detective and pretend you know more than those closely involved.

I agree. Funny though, that the poster felt it unnecessary to provide a list of male victims alongside that list, so as to compare the relative frequency between the two.