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| Divers fail to find 'Milly car' | |
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| Police divers scouring a lake for a car believed to be linked to Milly Dowler's murder have found six vehicles - but not the one they were looking for. | |
| Milly, 13, disappeared in March 2002 on the way home from her school in Surrey. Her body was found six months later. | |
| Police recently appealed for help in tracing a red Daewoo Nexia car believed have been used to transport her body. | |
| A search of waterway at Bedfont Lakes, near Heathrow - after a tip-off the car was dumped there - has been called off. | |
| Caught on CCTV | Caught on CCTV |
| It is the latest place to be targeted in four years of exhaustive searches of scrap yards, lakes and scrubland. | |
| A red Daewoo was caught on CCTV moments after Milly vanished. | A red Daewoo was caught on CCTV moments after Milly vanished. |
| The BBC's Ben Ando reports from the scene of the search | The BBC's Ben Ando reports from the scene of the search |
| The day before she disappeared, a 12-year-old girl reported being offered a lift by man in a similar car in Shepperton, Walton-on-Thames. | |
| The prime suspect in Milly's murder is 41-year-old Levi Bellfield. | |
| The former bouncer is serving a whole-life sentence for killing two women, students Marsha McDonnell, 19, and 22-year-old Amelie Delagrange. | |
| Bellfield admitted in a newspaper interview driving the car seen on CCTV, but said he was transporting building materials. | Bellfield admitted in a newspaper interview driving the car seen on CCTV, but said he was transporting building materials. |
| Officers have been trying to build a case against him. | |
| Car stolen | Car stolen |
| In August, the Crown Prosecution Service was handed a dossier of circumstantial evidence against Bellfield and is still considering whether to charge him with Milly's murder. | |
| In the same month police arrested, questioned and released a 40-year-old man suspected of having helped to dispose of the car, which had been stolen from a car park in west London. | In the same month police arrested, questioned and released a 40-year-old man suspected of having helped to dispose of the car, which had been stolen from a car park in west London. |
| Milly phoned her father on 21 March 2002 to say she would be home in 30 minutes. | |
| But she vanished near Walton-on-Thames railway station that afternoon, triggering a UK-wide search. | But she vanished near Walton-on-Thames railway station that afternoon, triggering a UK-wide search. |
| Her body was found in September 2002, 25 miles away on Yateley Heath, Hampshire. Her remains were identified using dental records. | Her body was found in September 2002, 25 miles away on Yateley Heath, Hampshire. Her remains were identified using dental records. |
| Police are searching a lake near Heathrow Airport, west London | Police are searching a lake near Heathrow Airport, west London |