The Murder Of Sarah Everard Hits Home For All Women. Here’s Why
The 33-year-old s death has sparked nationwide protests, police brutality and broader conversations about violence against women. Ebony-Renee Baker Updated
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By now you may have seen Sarah Everard’s name floating around on your news feeds and social media timelines. On March 3, the 33-year-old British woman went missing while walking home from a friend’s house. Nine days later, it was confirmed that Everard had been murdered, her alleged killer an active police officer.
Everard’s disappearance, and the week-long search that ensued before her body was found, sent shockwaves throughout the U.K., sparking widespread conversations about women’s safety in 2021. Now that a police officer has been charged, and a public vigil over the weekend was foiled by police violence, this case has made international headlines. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Sarah Everard murder suspect was tracked by plain clothes detectives for several days before they swooped in to arrest him
Sarah Everard vanished into thin air after leaving a friend s house in south London on evening of March 3
Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens has been arrested on suspicion of her kidnap and murder
Couzens works in Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command and is armed as part of his job
Couzens is also being questioned on a separate offence of indecent exposure against a different woman
Commissioner Cressida Dick confirmed human remains found in Ashford but id ing body will take time
The disappearance of Sarah Everard: the week-long investigation so far
March 3: Sarah vanished into thin air after leaving friend s home Clapham around 9pm. She leaves out of her friend s back gate and speaks to her boyfriend on the phone for 15 minutes.
March 5: Sarah s family share missing posters of her after they become increasingly concerned that she is still not home, spreading the word online with links to the Missing People charity.
March 6: Met Police release an appeal, saying Sarah was thought to have walked through Clapham Common, heading towards Brixton home, a journey of 50 minutes. They say they are not certain she ever arrived home.