14 h. ago Police searching for missing woman Yajaira Castro Mendez find body as man arrested for 'murder'

Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, who is originally from Colombia, went missing from Ilford at the end of May, and following police enquiries a murder probe was launched alongside a search to track down her remains

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16 h. ago Body is found in search for woman, 46, who disappeared in Ilford as man appears in court charged with her murder

A body has been found by police probing the disappearance of Colombian woman Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, who went missing after leaving her home in Ilford, east London, last Saturday.

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17 h. ago Detectives searching for missing East London woman, 46, find body

Detectives searching for missing East London woman, 46, find body  MyLondon

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18 h. ago Murder detectives find body in urgent searches for Colombian woman, 46, missing from Ilford

Yajaira Castro Mendez had not been seen by her family or friends who raised the alarm, police said

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24 h. ago 'Murderer' gives chilling reason for decapitating woman found dead in suitcase

Denisa Maria Paun's decapitated body was found shoved into a suitcase by an abandoned farmhouse in Italy - the man accused of murdering her reportedly shared a reason for the killing

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44 h. ago The hunt for Maddie has unearthed a sickening stash, a chilling message and a 'confession'

This week masked police officers armed with pickaxes, shovels and even a mechanical digger could be glimpsed working their way through a neglected patch of Portuguese scrubland.

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46 h. ago Police 'increasingly concerned' for missing woman last seen over a week ago

Melissa was last seen in South Manchester on May 27

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50 h. ago From New York to Sierra Leone: a sister’s search for ‘just another missing black woman’

Oluwaseun Babalola’s film Fighting Giants is an exploration of the misogyny and racism encountered by her family as they attempted to uncover the truth behind her sibling’s disappearance seven years agoOluwaseun Babalola remembers the exact moment she started to worry about her sister. It was 14 August 2018 and she was sitting on a sofa in a friend’s flat in Queens, New York. She had spent 10 days trying to get hold of Massah KaiKai, who had been due to travel from Sierra Leone, where she lived, to visit her in the US.The sisters messaged or called each other every day, often multiple times. “We talked about everything and nothing. I would come home to a bunch of voice notes. She would vent or have something very funny to say – she was a very funny person,” says Babalola. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago The hunt for Maddie has unearthed a sickening stash, a chilling message and a'confession'

This week masked police officers armed with pickaxes, shovels and even a mechanical digger could be glimpsed working their way through a neglected patch of Portuguese scrubland.

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54 h. ago The Reckoning review – shattering stories of invasion in Ukraine

Arcola theatre, LondonThe horrific reality of Russia’s invasion is recounted during the preparation of a Ukrainian salad in Anastasiia Kosidii and Josephine Burton’s playDuring the violent chaos following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a woman whose husband is missing receives a phone call from his number. Brief relief implodes when the speaker is not him but a stranger revealing that this device has been found beside a corpse covered by a tarpaulin.This is one of numerous shattering anecdotes in a play by Dash Arts, based on work by The Reckoning Project, which collects verbatim testimony from conflict victims with the aim of bringing prosecutions for war crimes.At the Arcola theatre, London, until 28 June Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Missing woman found decapitated in suitcase as chilling confession emerges

Denisa Maria Adas' body was found hidden among brambles near an abandoned farmhouse, with her burned head discovered in a field several miles away

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3 d. ago Horrific twist in missing woman case that gripped Italy as victim is found decapitated in her suitcase and 'killer' reveals 'shocking reason why he did it'

The body of Denisa Maria Adas Paun was found on Wednesday in Montecani hidden among thick vegetation near an abandoned farmhouse.

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5 d. ago Human remains found in search for Derby woman missing since 2010

Police believe remains are of Izabela Zablocka, from Normanton, and have launched murder investigationHuman remains have been found in a search for a woman missing for more than 15 years as police launch a murder investigation into her disappearance.Izabela Zablocka, from Normanton in Derby, was 30 when she went missing in 2010. Originally from Poland, she had last made contact with family on 28 August 2010. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Colorado terror attack suspect Mohamed Soliman's chilling police confession revealed: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, is accused of setting at least eight pro-Israel demonstrators alight in a 'targeted terror attack' in Boulder, Colorado on Sunday.

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6 d. ago Body found in search for woman reported missing on Scots island as family informed

Alison MacDonald vanished from the Isle of Lewis.

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7 d. ago 'I had a plan to do it': Chilling confession of freed British

The 28-year-old has spoken for the first time on how she was held in houses booby trapped with dynamite and in terror tunnels so silent 'it murders the ears'.

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8 d. ago Concern growing for missing woman last seen in Scots supermarket

She was last seen with a male companion in a Co-op store.

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8 d. ago Stunning breakthrough in infamous case of eight women who have been missing for 28 years raises hopes that one of Ireland's biggest mysteries could finally be solved

Fiona Pender, 25, was seven months pregnant when she went missing from her flat on Church Street, Tullamore, in August 1996. She was last seen leaving home by her boyfriend John Thomson.

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1 week ago Woman attacks boy who called her ‘fat’ and ‘Miss Piggy’ during plane trip back from Disney World: cops

Kristy Crampton was arrested on a flight home from Disney World with her family after hitting a child who was calling her names

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1 week ago Truth behind missing Brit woman found sleeping rough in Peru as 'attack' pics leaked

From a dream retreat in Peru to 'find herself' to being restrained to the cold streets of Cusco, a British uni graduate has been found needing urgent mental health care after a shocking attack

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