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| Alice Gross murder: Test on body thought to be Arnis Zalkalns | Alice Gross murder: Test on body thought to be Arnis Zalkalns |
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| A post-mortem examination of the body thought to be that of Arnis Zalkalns, the prime suspect in the murder of Alice Gross, is taking place. | |
| The corpse was discovered in an area of dense woodland in Boston Manor Park, west London, on Saturday afternoon. | The corpse was discovered in an area of dense woodland in Boston Manor Park, west London, on Saturday afternoon. |
| Unconfirmed reports say the badly-decomposed body, which is yet to be formally identified, was found hanged. | Unconfirmed reports say the badly-decomposed body, which is yet to be formally identified, was found hanged. |
| Alice, 14, from Hanwell, west London, disappeared on 28 August. Her body was found in the River Brent on Tuesday. | Alice, 14, from Hanwell, west London, disappeared on 28 August. Her body was found in the River Brent on Tuesday. |
| The body, which is thought to be Mr Zalkalns, was discovered about a 20 minute walk away from where Alice's body was found. | |
| The post-mortem examination is taking place at Fulham mortuary. | |
| BBC News correspondent Tom Symonds said he had spoken to a shopkeeper not far from where Mr Zalkalns, who had been missing since 3 September, lived. | |
| The shopkeeper told him that in mid-September the suspect sent a boy, about 14-years-old, into the shop to buy alcohol. When he refused to sell it to him, Mr Zalkalns went in the shop himself. | |
| "[The shopkeeper told me] he seemed dishevelled and dirty; he looked like he hadn't slept properly - perhaps a suggestion he was sleeping rough in that area during the massive search that took place in the wake of Alice's disappearance," Tom Symonds added. | |
| The body was removed from Boston Manor Park on Sunday after Mr Zalkalns' partner was informed of the discovery by Scotland Yard. | |
| A Metropolitan Police spokesman said on Saturday: "Although no formal identification has been made, early indications suggest the body may be that of Arnis Zalkalns." | A Metropolitan Police spokesman said on Saturday: "Although no formal identification has been made, early indications suggest the body may be that of Arnis Zalkalns." |
| The Latvian builder was last seen at his home in Ealing six days after Alice vanished while walking along the Grand Union Canal in west London. | |
| He was filmed on CCTV cycling along the same route just minutes behind the schoolgirl on the day she disappeared. | He was filmed on CCTV cycling along the same route just minutes behind the schoolgirl on the day she disappeared. |
| Mr Zalkalns served seven years in prison in his native country for bludgeoning and stabbing his wife Rudite to death before moving to the UK in 2007. | |
| When police found Alice's body on Tuesday they said significant efforts had been made to conceal it. | When police found Alice's body on Tuesday they said significant efforts had been made to conceal it. |
| Her post-mortem examination at Uxbridge mortuary took two days due to the "complex nature" of the investigation, Scotland Yard said. | Her post-mortem examination at Uxbridge mortuary took two days due to the "complex nature" of the investigation, Scotland Yard said. |
| Further tests are to be carried out on the teenager's body after the post-mortem proved inconclusive. | Further tests are to be carried out on the teenager's body after the post-mortem proved inconclusive. |