Police said a police officer detained in connection with the disappearance of Sarah Everard was arrested on suspicion of murder.
The man, who is in his forties and is a metropolitan police officer, was arrested initially Tuesday night on suspicion of kidnapping at an address in Kent.
Met police said on Wednesday that he was now arrested again on suspicion of murder and a separate allegation of indecent exposure.
Sarah Everard is 33 years old and is Marketing Executive
The Met confirmed that the police officer, who was not on duty at the time of Ms. Everard’s disappearance, was serving in the Force’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command.
And they said that “his primary role was to patrol in uniformed diplomatic buildings.”
It remains unclear if the officer was known to Mrs. Everard, 33.
Previously, he met Assistant Commissioner Nick Avgrave Description of his arrest As a “serious and important” development in Looking for 33 years old.
The force added that a woman in her thirties, who was arrested in the same house as the officer, is still being held on suspicion of helping one of the violators.
Police activity outside a home on Freemens Way in Dell, Kent
Police officers near the Great Chart Golf and Leisure Country Club and its playground in Ashford, Kent, are being searched by police officers
Officers are currently searching South London real estateAnd one in Dell, Kent and a woodland area in Ashford.
In addition to searches, police are also conducting house-to-house investigations in the Clapham and Brixton areas.
The Met says it has received over 120 calls from the public and visited 750 homes in the area as part of the investigation.
Marketing director Everard vanished while returning to her home in Brixton, in the South London From a friend’s house in Clapham on March 3.
Her uncle, Nick Everard, told Sky News earlier that his family was “troubled” On her disappearance.
“Things are very terrible,” he said, but added that they were hoping and “waiting for positive news from the police.”
Her family described her disappearance as “completely out of character” and said her phone was not ringing and WhatsApp messages did not arrive.
Forensic officer in-house in Freemens Way in Deal, Kent
Ms Everard left her friend’s property on Leathwaite Road at around 9pm last Wednesday before speaking to her partner on the phone for about 15 minutes, with the call ending at around 9.28pm.
Her last known sighting of Clapham was captured by a doorbell camera.
I showed her walking alone along the A205 Poynders from the intersection of Cavendish Road, toward Hills Hill, which is south of Brixton, at around 9:30 pm.
It has not been seen or heard from since.