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image captionMaria Jane Rawlings had attended King George s Hospital on Monday evening, police said
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a mother of two was discovered dead in east London.
Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, who lived in the Chelmsford area of Essex, was found in a shrubbery in Romford on 4 May by a man who had been walking his dog.
A post-mortem examination gave her preliminary cause of death as neck compression and possible blunt-force head trauma.
The Met said a 20-year-old man had been held on Sunday and remains in custody.
Ms Rawlings family have been informed, the force added.
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12:05 PM May 10, 2021
Police have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of murdering Maria Rawlings, whose body was found in Little Heath on May 4.
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Police have made an arrest in connection with the death of Maria Rawlings.
A 20-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, May 9 on suspicion of murdering the mother-of-two, 45, from Chelmsford.
He was taken to an east London police station where he remains in custody.
Police were called at 2pm on Tuesday, May 4 after Maria s body was found in shrubbery in Little Heath by someone walking their dog.
Flowers left at Little Heath, where Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, was found dead by a man walking his dog at around 2pm on Tuesday. The Metropolitan Police said a post-mortem examination gave the mother-of-two s preliminary cause of death as neck compression and possible blunt force head trauma.
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A murder investigation has been launched after the discovery of a mother-of-two’s body in shrubbery in east London.
The body of the 45-year-old, who has two daughters, was discovered by a man walking his dog in Little Heath in the east London town, according to police.
The Metropolitan Police said preliminary findings from a post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as neck compression and possible blunt force head trauma.
Police said homicide detectives are investigating the case.
There had been no arrests as of Friday morning.
Ms Rawlings, who lived in the Chelmsford area in Essex, had visited Kings Georges Hospital in Ilford, east London, on Monday evening.