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Divers fail to find 'Milly car' | 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. | 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. | Milly, 13, disappeared in March 2002 on the way home from her school in Surrey. Her body was found six months later. |
Police have appealed for help in tracing a red Daewoo Nexia car believed have been used to transport her body. | |
Following a tip-off they went to Bedfont Lakes, near Heathrow. The search there has now 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. | 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 search at Bedfont Lakes has been called off | |
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 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 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. | 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 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. | 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. |
A tip-off led to police searching a lake near Heathrow Airport, west London |