Specialist divers, sonar and underwater drones are being used to search the River Wensum near Wensum Park in Norwich to establish what has happened to the 55-year-old mother-of-three.
Norfolk Constabulary detectives say they are keeping an "open mind" into what has happened to Gaynor, but that their focus is currently on the river close to the park where her belongings were found on Friday night.
Chief Superintendent Dave Buckley, at a press conference held next to the park on Thursday, said: "We’re putting sonar equipment across the river, which is quite detailed in allowing us to try and target divers to where we think there might be objects.
"But equally, it’s very, very challenging. The river is very, very full of water with all the rain, full of lots of debris. The divers can see about one foot in front of them.
"So it’s an extraordinarily challenging environment for them to work in so it’s slow, methodical at the moment, working with equipment and it will take probably a couple of days to get to a position where we’re kind of content with what we’ve done. It may even be longer."
Specialist underwater search teams from Lincolnshire police have joined Norfolk police's marine unit, Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service and the coastguard in the search at the park.
The park has been shut since the discovery of Gaynor's belongings and clothing there last Friday night.
Gaynor's mobile phone was one of the items recovered at the park, where a white forensics tent has been put up.
Police have been going through the phone for clues to explain her sudden disappearance on Friday, which police have described as "out of character". Police confirmed she had never gone missing before.
On Thursday, Norfolk police released further footage of Gaynor's last known movements, following an appeal on Wednesday for people who might have seen her.
She had left Jarrold department store, where she worked on the Bullard's Gin concession at 2.45pm on Friday - leaving her shift an hour and a quarter early.
She was captured on CCTV rushing along London Street and across Tombland, towards Norwich Cathedral.
She was seen walking towards the cathedral at 2.48pm and then her whereabouts were unclear until 3.22pm, when she was seen on The Close at the cathedral entrance.
Gaynor was next seen walking away from the cathedral at 3.23pm, before CCTV recorded her again near the Playhouse in St George's Street.
Chief Supt Buckley said, at the press conference that there was no evidence Gaynor had met anybody at Norwich Cathedral.
Police are still going through information and data from Gaynor's mobile phone, but he said: "There is nothing to suggest that she had any contact with a third party."
On why Gaynor had left her job early on the day she disappeared - and whether her colleagues had been able to help the police establish the situation, he said there had been “some indications”.
He said: “We’ve got some indications as to why she behaved the way in which she did, but what we’re doing is we’re just working backwards now to actually truly understand what may have taken place.
“We’re just cautious of everything we know at the moment because clearly we’ve ended up in the situation we have which is not usual.
“I don’t think any of the conversations we’ve had are completely informing us as to why her state of mind ended up being what it was.”
Asked if officers were considering anything about her medical history, he said: "We would always consider it but there’s nothing that changes our approach at the moment."
He said the police were still talking to her friends and family, who are being supported by officers, to establish her state of mind in the days leading up to Gaynor going missing.
But he said: "There’s nothing we’ve been able to establish that really gives us a clear position on her state of mind that I would feel any degree of confidence of saying what we think it is at the moment.
“We continue to talk to friends, family, anybody who can help us that we know she’s had contact with.
“We have got hold of her mobile device, we will work our way through that systematically… and see if we can find out more accurately why we’ve ended up where we have.
“It would be really premature, I think, if I offered too much suggestion as to what I think has happened."
There are about 60 officers working on the investigation. Chief Supt Buckley said about 30 members of the public had come forward with information so far.
He appealed for anyone with any information, however insignificant it may appear, to contact the police, who are also keen to obtain dashcam or doorbell cam footage which might show Gaynor's movements, on 101.
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