A BODY washed up on a Pembrokeshire beach almost seven weeks ago is believed to be that of missing Exford woman Roz Rickcord, police revealed this week. The disappearance on April 5 of the 48-year-old, who was described as in a vulnerable and fragile state, sparked an area-wide appeal for the public's help to find her. Her sister Fleur and brother Roly even travelled from Surrey and London to front a special press conference in Taunton in mid-May as the hunt for Ms Rickcord entered its sixth week. But in response to enquiries by the Free Press on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Avon and Somerset force confirmed that a human skeleton found on the shore at Frainslake Sand, Castlemartin, on the Pembrokeshire coast in West Wales on April 30 was believed to be Ms Rickcord. West Somerset coroner's officer Richard Davies, who is liaising with the Pembrokeshire coroner, said the results of DNA tests, which would allow a positive identification to be made, were awaited. These could either be available within the next week or, if more specialist tests are required, could take several weeks. However, Ms Rickcord's family - including her mother, with whom she lived in Exford - have been informed of the situation. In na statement, they said: "It is with deep sadness that we have been advised to accept the very strong probability that Rosy's body has been found. "Obviously, we fully support the coroner's determination to be 100% sure before we proceed any further with the funeral arrangements." The Dyfed Powys police have been working with other forces across the country in a bid to identify the body since its discovery. Ms Rickcord was last seen at the Butlins holiday centre in Minehead, where she worked and where she left her handbag and car on the day she went missing. She had previously worked for the Free Press, selling programmes produced by the company at the annual Dunster Show. In the first few weeks following her disappearance there were several unconfirmed sightings of her in Minehead, Carhampton, Bilbrook and Luccombe. Her family believed she could have been using her married surname of Jeltes and that she could have started a new life elsewhere, not ruling out the possibility that she could have left the country as she was fluent in both French and Dutch. But they also admitted that she was very vulnerable, had a history of mental illness and often felt paranoid and fearful of authority.