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| Divers searching for 'Milly car' | Divers searching for 'Milly car' |
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| Divers are scouring a lake in west London for a car police think may have been used to carry the body of murdered teenager Milly Dowler. | Divers are scouring a lake in west London for a car police think may have been used to carry the body of murdered teenager Milly Dowler. |
| The 13-year-old disappeared in 2002 on the way home from her school in Surrey. Her body was found six months later. | The 13-year-old disappeared in 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 to be linked to the case. | Police recently appealed for help in tracing a red Daewoo Nexia car believed to be linked to the case. |
| Officers have been searching Bedfont Lake, near Heathrow, after a tip-off the car was dumped there. | Officers have been searching Bedfont Lake, near Heathrow, after a tip-off the car was dumped there. |
| It is expected to take a day to search the small fishing lake. | It is expected to take a day to search the small fishing lake. |
| It is the latest place to be targeted during four years of exhaustive searches of scrapyards, lakes and scrubland. | It is the latest place to be targeted during four years of exhaustive searches of scrapyards, 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. |
| Prime suspect | Prime suspect |
| The day before Milly disappeared, a 12-year-old girl reported being offered a lift by man in a similar red car in Shepperton, Walton-on-Thames. | The day before Milly disappeared, a 12-year-old girl reported being offered a lift by man in a similar red car in Shepperton, Walton-on-Thames. |
| The prime suspect is Levi Bellfield, a former bouncer 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. | |
| The red Daewoo Nexia seen on CCTV has never been found | The red Daewoo Nexia seen on CCTV has never been found |
| Officers have been attempting to build a case against Bellfield. | Officers have been attempting to build a case against Bellfield. |
| In August, the Crown Prosecution Service was handed a dossier of circumstantial evidence against him and is considering whether to charge him with Milly's murder. | In August, the Crown Prosecution Service was handed a dossier of circumstantial evidence against him and is 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. | |
| Milly Dowler phoned her father on 21 March 2002 to say she would be home in 30 minutes. | Milly Dowler 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. |