Last modified on Fri 7 May 2021 11.37 EDT
A woman whose body was found in bushes in an east London suburb is believed to have been murdered, according to police.
Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, was found dead in Little Heath, Romford, by a man walking his dog at about 2pm on Tuesday.
A postmortem carried out on Wednesday gave the preliminary cause of death as neck compression and possible blunt force head trauma, it has emerged.
The Metropolitan police appealed for information from the public as it launched a murder investigation, and sought to address fears about safety in the area, particularly among women.