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Woman's body found in sewage tank Woman's body found in sewage tank
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An inquiry started after a woman's body was found floating in a sewage settlement tank in south-east London. Police are investigating the death of a woman found floating in a sewage settlement tank in south-east London.
Kaylene Lyle, 43, was found dead at Abbey Wood sewage works last Friday. She was partially clothed. The partially-clothed body of Kaylene Lyle was discovered in the tank at Abbey Wood sewage works last Friday.
Ms Lyle drowned but also received extensive injuries from machinery, a post-mortem examination found. The 43-year-old drowned but she also had injuries to her neck and extensive wounds from machinery, a provisional post-mortem examination found.
Two days earlier she ran away from a Tooting hospital in "an agitated state", police said. They have launched an investigation into her death. Two days earlier she ran away from a Tooting hospital's casualty department in "an agitated state", police said.
'Sought shelter' Ms Lyle was last seen on 3 September at St George's Hospital in Tooting.
Ms Lyle was seen on 3 September at St George's Hospital in Tooting.
Det Ch Insp Dave Garwood said: "She was in an agitated state and staff sought to secure her for her own safety but she ran away before they could do so.Det Ch Insp Dave Garwood said: "She was in an agitated state and staff sought to secure her for her own safety but she ran away before they could do so.
"From there, we know she sought refuge in a nearby house, but left it via the back garden.""From there, we know she sought refuge in a nearby house, but left it via the back garden."
Police believe Ms Lyle may have walked from the house along a railway line to a culvert. The waterway leads eventually to the sewage works, which is several miles away. Jewellery found
They are treating her death as "unexplained" and have not started a murder inquiry, a police spokesman said. It is thought she then walked from the house along a railway line to a culvert. The waterway leads eventually to the sewage works, which is several miles away.
Jewellery belonging to Ms Lyle was found within the culvert, but police do not believe it was forcibly removed.
They are trying to ascertain how Ms Lyle received the injuries to her neck, and are awaiting the results of toxicology tests.
"As part of this process we are taking the advice of the Health and Safety Executive and Thames Water about the effect of gases within the sewerage network on the body," a police spokesman said.
They are treating the death as "unexplained" but it is not a murder inquiry, he added.