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8:17 PM May 8, 2021
Updated:
8:51 AM May 10, 2021
Police have released images of a man they would like to identify who they believe could have information in the murder of Maria Jane Rawlings, who was found in shrubbery in Chadwell Heath.
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Detectives investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found in shrubbery in Chadwell Heath have released CCTV stills and moving footage of a man they would like to identify.
Maria Jane Rawlings was aged 45 and a mother-of-two daughters living in the Chelmsford area
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Homicide detectives are investigating after the body of Maria Jane Rawlings, a 45-year-old mother of two, was found in Little Heath at 2pm on Tuesday, May 4 by someone walking their dog.
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.
A woman whose body was found in shrubbery is believed to have been murdered. 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. 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. Officers are still examining the scene and are expected to remain in the area in the coming days. On Monday evening, Ms Rawlings attended the King George Hospital in Goodmayes, Ilford, before leaving on foot to Barley Lane in the direction of the A12.
Updated: 7 May 2021, 16:59
A MURDER probe has been launched after a mum s body was discovered in a bush by a dog walker.
It s feared Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, whose body was found in Little Heath, Romford, east London, on Tuesday, was strangled and bludgeoned to death.
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Cops have launched a murder probe after Maria Jane Rawlings body was found by a dog walkerCredit: Metropolitan Police
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Flowers have been left at Little Heath, Romford, close to where Maria s body was foundCredit: PA
Cops believe she was attacked while walking along Barley Lane towards the A12 after leaving Kings Georges Hospital in Goodmayes, Ilford on May 3.