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| Facebook cold case appeal over Yorkshire Dales body | |
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| A social media appeal has been launched to try to identify the body of a woman found at a Yorkshire Dales beauty spot nearly 14 years ago. | A social media appeal has been launched to try to identify the body of a woman found at a Yorkshire Dales beauty spot nearly 14 years ago. |
| The woman, aged between 25 and 35, was discovered by walkers in a stream near Pen-y-ghent in September 2004. | The woman, aged between 25 and 35, was discovered by walkers in a stream near Pen-y-ghent in September 2004. |
| She has never been identified but it is believed she came from South East Asia. | She has never been identified but it is believed she came from South East Asia. |
| North Yorkshire Police has made a new Facebook appeal in Thai, Filipino and English and is asking for the messages to be shared in the UK and abroad. | North Yorkshire Police has made a new Facebook appeal in Thai, Filipino and English and is asking for the messages to be shared in the UK and abroad. |
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| A post-mortem examination could not establish the cause of the woman's death but suggested she died between 31 August and 13 September 2004. | A post-mortem examination could not establish the cause of the woman's death but suggested she died between 31 August and 13 September 2004. |
| She was aged between 25 and 35 and was 4ft 11ins (1.5m) tall. | She was aged between 25 and 35 and was 4ft 11ins (1.5m) tall. |
| Police believe she had lived in the UK for at least two years before her death, probably in Lancashire, Cumbria or the West Dales. | Police believe she had lived in the UK for at least two years before her death, probably in Lancashire, Cumbria or the West Dales. |
| They said she "could have originally been from countries including the Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia". | They said she "could have originally been from countries including the Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia". |
| Police have set up a community group on Facebook and are urging people with links to South East Asia to join. | Police have set up a community group on Facebook and are urging people with links to South East Asia to join. |
| Adam Harland, from North Yorkshire Police's Cold Case Review Unit, said: "It has been 14 years since this woman's body was found in the Yorkshire Dales, and despite extensive inquiries in this country and abroad she has not been identified. | Adam Harland, from North Yorkshire Police's Cold Case Review Unit, said: "It has been 14 years since this woman's body was found in the Yorkshire Dales, and despite extensive inquiries in this country and abroad she has not been identified. |
| "It's possible that she was last in contact with others in 2004, and people in the UK may well have been told that she had 'gone back home' around that time." | "It's possible that she was last in contact with others in 2004, and people in the UK may well have been told that she had 'gone back home' around that time." |