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image captionMaria Jane Rawlings had attended King George s Hospital on Monday evening, police said
A man has been charged with murdering a mother of two who was found dead near a hospital 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.
Valentin Lazar, from Barking, has been charged with her murder, the Met Police said.
The 20-year-old is due to appear in custody at Barkingside Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
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image captionFlowers were left at Little Heath in Romford where Maria Jane Rawlings was found dead by a man walking his dog
Updated: 10 May 2021, 12:29
THIS is the chilling moment a mum was grabbed in the street before she was strangled and dumped in a bush.
Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, was found dead in Romford, East London, by a dog walker on Tuesday afternoon with her killer still on the loose.
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She had been strangled and possibly bludgeoned to death, a post-mortem revealed.
Horrifying footage appears to show the moment Maria was taken off the street and led to shrubbery where her body was found.
As they disappear from view, a white car can be seen driving past.
The video was filmed on a homeowner s security camera at around 11.17pm on Monday and has been shown to police, Mail Online reports.
By Press Association 2021
Maria Jane Rawlings death
Detectives investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found in shrubbery have released CCTV footage and images of a man they would like to identify.
Mother-of-two Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, who lived in the Chelmsford area of Essex, was found dead in Little Heath, Romford, east London, by a man walking his dog at around 2pm on Tuesday.
Detective Chief Inspector David Hillier, who is leading the murder investigation, is seeking help from the public to find a man shown on CCTV while travelling on a 364 bus towards Dagenham just after midnight on Wednesday.
EXCLUSIVE: The body of Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, who lived in Chelmsford, Essex, was found in shrubbery near Little Heath in Romford at around 2pm on Tuesday.