Update 8.10am
Devon and Cornwall Police have confirmed that Katherine Hooper has been found safe and well in the paignton area.
7am
Police are searching for a 24-year-old woman who went missing from her hometown Paignton, Devon, on Sunday evening.
Katherine Hooper was reported missing from the Queen Elizabeth Drive area of the town
Police said house-to-house enquiries are ongoing and the police helicopter and ground units have been deployed to try and find Katherine.
Background checks have been carried out and officers have now employed the help of the Dartmoor Rescue Group to assist with the search in open areas in Paignton.
She has been deemed as high risk as this is out of character for her.
Police are urging Katherine to please call police immediately.
She is described as a white female, with auburn hair, 5'2" tall, wearing jeans, a black top and black dolly shoes.
Anyone with any information is asked to please call police on 101 quoting police reference 827 of 28 April
