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Murder of Alice Gross:

Alice Poppy Madeleine Gross was a 14-year-old school girl who lived with her sister (Nina Gross) and parents (Jose Gross and Rosalind Hodgkiss) in Hanwell, West London.

Missing case:

Alice went missing after leaving her home on the 28th of august 2014, The search for her was the largest deployment of Metropolitan Police officers in a search operation since the 7 July 2005 London bombings. It involved 600 officers from eight services.

How she died:

Initial post-mortem results were inconclusive, struggling to definitively find her cause of death due to decomposition and the length of time her body had been in the water. After further tests, the coroner concluded Alice had died from “compression asphyxia,” in an attack believed to have been sexually motivated.

Suspected killer:

The convicted murder Arnis Zalkalns who went missing from Ealing, West London, on 3 September was a suspected killer of this case.

How it happened:

The police believe Zalkalns, who was convicted of murdering his wife in Latvia, encountered Alice as she walked along a canal towpath. One week later Zalkalns, 41, was reported missing from his west London home. Police took the unusual step of naming him as their "prime suspect" as hopes of finding the teenager "dwindled".

Murder Inquiry:

On october 1st, the police launched a murder inquiry after alice's body was found hidden under logs on the bed of the River Brent the night before. On 4 October, police announced that they had found a badly decomposed body in dense woodland in Boston Manor Park during their search for Zalkalns, and that early indications suggested the body might be his. Police confirmed two days later that the body was that of Zalkalns. The cause of his death was hanging.

Community service:

The local community of Hanwell was galvanised during the time Gross was missing, and a poster campaign to "Find Alice" was organised through a Facebook page. In order to increase public awareness of Gross being missing the community tied yellow ribbons to trees, railings, their cars and homes. Ealing Borough Council flew flags at half-mast following the discovery of Gross's body, opened a public book of condolence and replanted flower beds near to the Hanwell Clock Tower with yellow pansies in Gross's memory.

Police briefing:

In a briefing on 28th of january 2015 the Metropolitan Police stated that "all the evidence points firmly to Arnis Zalkalns" and that he would have been charged if he had not hanged himself.

Family statements:

"Alice believed in the free movement of people and so do we."

"For her sake we are determined to ask these questions responsibly and sensitively."

'serious unanswered questions'

Photos:

Souces :

https://www.swordandscale.com/the-senseless-murder-of-14-year-old-alice-gross/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Alice_Gross

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alice-gross-parents-issue-warning-5053733

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1350252/mum-of-murdered-schoolgirl-alice-gross-blasts-border-controls-after-her-daughter-was-killed-by-convicted-killer/