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18/09/2014
Alice Gross Police Reveal Details Of Suspect
Police investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Alice Gross have revealed that a 41-year-old man they are also searching for has previously been convicted of murder.
Police issued an appeal on Wednesday for Arnis Zalkalns, a Latvian builder who they said travelled to work along the same route known to have been taken by Alice Gross on the day she disappeared.
The teenager has been missing since 28 August.
Builder Arnis Zalkalns has been missing since 03 September.
Issuing that appeal for Mr Zalkalns police had said that there was no evidence or suggestion that he had had any contact with Alice Gross, and only wanted to talk to him as it had been discovered he had travelled along the same route as the teenager schoolgirl on the day she was last seen.
Scotland Yard's Homicide and Major Crime Command has now presented more details of Mr Zalkalns; revealing that he was sentenced to seven years in prison in Latvia in 1998 for murder; and that he had been arrested in 2009 for indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the Ealing area of west London. No further action was taken at that time.
It is understood that CCTV shows Mr Zalkalns cycling on Brentford Lock on 28 August at 16:00, 15 minutes after Alice Gross had walked the same route.
Police have said that Mr Zalkalns "potentially poses a risk to the public."
Anyone who sees Mr Zalkalns is asked to approach him but to immediately dial 999.
(MH/CD)
Police issued an appeal on Wednesday for Arnis Zalkalns, a Latvian builder who they said travelled to work along the same route known to have been taken by Alice Gross on the day she disappeared.
The teenager has been missing since 28 August.
Builder Arnis Zalkalns has been missing since 03 September.
Issuing that appeal for Mr Zalkalns police had said that there was no evidence or suggestion that he had had any contact with Alice Gross, and only wanted to talk to him as it had been discovered he had travelled along the same route as the teenager schoolgirl on the day she was last seen.
Scotland Yard's Homicide and Major Crime Command has now presented more details of Mr Zalkalns; revealing that he was sentenced to seven years in prison in Latvia in 1998 for murder; and that he had been arrested in 2009 for indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the Ealing area of west London. No further action was taken at that time.
It is understood that CCTV shows Mr Zalkalns cycling on Brentford Lock on 28 August at 16:00, 15 minutes after Alice Gross had walked the same route.
Police have said that Mr Zalkalns "potentially poses a risk to the public."
Anyone who sees Mr Zalkalns is asked to approach him but to immediately dial 999.
(MH/CD)
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Arnis Zalkalns Death 'Consistent With Hanging'
A post-mortem examination has found that the death of Arnis Zalkalns was "consistent with hanging", and that there was "no evidence of any third party involvement". Police confirmed that Mr Zalkalns' body had been discovered in dense woodland in Boston Manor Park, west London, on Saturday.
27 January 2015
Alice Gross Murder Suspect 'Would Have Faced Charges'
Police investigating the murder of 14-year-old Alice Gross said their main suspect would have faced charges "if he had lived". The body of Alice Gross was found in the River Brent in September last year, a month after she had gone missing.
Alice Gross Murder Suspect 'Would Have Faced Charges'
Police investigating the murder of 14-year-old Alice Gross said their main suspect would have faced charges "if he had lived". The body of Alice Gross was found in the River Brent in September last year, a month after she had gone missing.
22 September 2014
Missing Builder Prime Suspect In Alice Gross Investigation
Police investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Alice Gross have made Arnis Zalkalns their prime suspect. The 41-year-old Latvian builder went missing a week after the last sighting of Alice Gross.
Missing Builder Prime Suspect In Alice Gross Investigation
Police investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Alice Gross have made Arnis Zalkalns their prime suspect. The 41-year-old Latvian builder went missing a week after the last sighting of Alice Gross.
17 September 2014
Alice Gross Police Appeal For Missing 41-Year-Old Builder
Police investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Alice Gross have issued an appeal for information on the whereabouts of 41-year-old Arnis Zalkalns. Police say that Mr Zalkalns, a builder from Ealing, west London, has not been seen since 03 September.
Alice Gross Police Appeal For Missing 41-Year-Old Builder
Police investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Alice Gross have issued an appeal for information on the whereabouts of 41-year-old Arnis Zalkalns. Police say that Mr Zalkalns, a builder from Ealing, west London, has not been seen since 03 September.
02 October 2014
Post-Mortem On Alice Gross To Resume
A post-mortem examination on the body of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross is to resume today. The body of the 14-year-old girl was recovered from the River Brent in west London on Tuesday night. She was last seen on 28 August after she left her home in Hanwell.
Post-Mortem On Alice Gross To Resume
A post-mortem examination on the body of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross is to resume today. The body of the 14-year-old girl was recovered from the River Brent in west London on Tuesday night. She was last seen on 28 August after she left her home in Hanwell.
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