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Bid to find beach victim's family Arrests in 'head on beach' case
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Police are continuing efforts to contact the family of a migrant worker whose severed head and hands were found on a beach in Angus. Two Lithuanian men have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a woman's head and hands on a beach.
The 36-year-old foreign national, who was living in Brechin, had been reported missing by her employer. Police have identified the dead woman as Jolanta Bledaite, 35, from Alytus, Lithuania.
Two young sisters discovered the head in a plastic bag at Arbroath on Tuesday. Police later found two hands. Her head was found on the beach at Arbroath by two young sisters on Tuesday morning. Her hands were later discovered by police.
Tests are also continuing on possible human remains found along the coast at Carnoustie by coastguards. Tayside Police said the men, aged 19 and 40, were taken into custody on Friday but had not been charged.
Police said the woman, whose identity was established after hundreds of calls from the public, had been in the UK for about 18 months. Ms Bledaite was a migrant worker who had been staying in Brechin, Angus.
She was working as a casual labourer. She had been reported missing by her employer.
Police said a "phenomenal" response from the public led to the identification of the woman. Her father has been told of her death.
Officers are still trying to reach her family to inform them of her death. About 50 officers are working full-time on the inquiry and forensic searches of the property where Ms Bledaite lived in Southesk Street have been taking place.
The Angus area, which lies between Dundee and Montrose on the east coast of Scotland, is popular with Eastern Europeans seeking jobs in the fruit-picking industries and other labouring work. Officers have also been carrying out door-to-door inquiries.
Last year there were an estimated 4,000 migrant workers in the region. The Arbroath harbour area is also being searched by police divers.
Det Ch Insp Graham McMillan, the officer in charge of the investigation, said: "Whilst we have two men in custody, we will be working diligently to establish the full circumstances surrounding Jolanta's death.
"I'd like anyone who knew Jolanta, or anyone who had either seen or talked to her recently, to get in touch with us as they may have information that is crucial to our inquiry.
"This is a tragic incident involving a 35-year-old woman, a woman who came to Scotland seeking a better life.
"As the senior investigating officer, I am determined to make sure that justice is served not only for Jolanta, but for her family too."
He added that a number of interpreters had been brought in to help communicate with the large number of Eastern European migrant workers police would need to speak to.
Tayside Police are also liaising with Lithuanian authorities and a specially trained family liaison officer has been appointed.
Police began investigating Ms Bledaite's death at about 1030 BST on Tuesday after two sisters, aged eight and 11, found her head hidden in a plastic bag at the beach in Arbroath.
Police searching the beach later found her hands.
Forensic examinations are continuing on possible human remains found by a coastguard crew member on the shoreline at Carnoustie on Wednesday night.