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Associated Press

New Zealand police said on Sunday they found a body they believe to be that of missing 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane.
Police said the body was in a forested area about 10 metres from the side of the road in the Waitakere Ranges near Auckland.
Tourist Grace Millane has been missing since December 1, and failed to contact her family on her birthday December 2.

On Saturday, a 26-year-old man was charged with murder in her case after he was detained for questioning. He is due to make his first court appearance on Monday.
Millane was on a planned year-long trip abroad that began in Peru. She arrived in New Zealand last month and was last seen entering a central Auckland hotel with a man on the evening of December 1.
Detective Inspector Scott Beard told reporters near the crime scene in the Waitakare Ranges that police believe Millane’s body was taken to the area in a rental car that was later left in the town of Taupo.
Police spent several hours searching the area, which they cordoned off and where they put up a tent, before making the announcement.
It is an unbearable time for the Millane family, and our hearts go out to them
Detective Inspector Scott Beard
“This area was identified late last night as a location of interest as a result of our investigative work,” Beard said. “I can now advise that a short time ago, we located a body, which we believe to be Grace. A formal identification process will now take place, however, based on the evidence we have gathered over the past few days, we expect that this is Grace.”
Millane’s father David Millane travelled from Britain to New Zealand last week.
“It is an unbearable time for the Millane family, and our hearts go out to them,” Beard said.
Before she vanished, Millane had been staying at a backpacker hostel in Auckland, and she left some of her belongings there. Beard said she met a man for a couple of hours on the evening of December 1 before surveillance cameras showed them entering the CityLife hotel at about 9.40pm.
Her family was surprised and worried when she didn’t contact them on her birthday or get in touch over on the days that followed.
After arriving in New Zealand on Friday, David Millane spoke with media.
“Grace is a lovely, outgoing, fun-loving, family-oriented daughter,” he said, adding that she was usually in touch with her family every day. “She arrived here on the 20th of November, and has been bombarding us with numerous photographs and messages of her adventures. We are all extremely upset, and it’s very difficult at this time to fully describe the range of emotions we are going through.”


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Grace Millane has been missing since December 1. Photo: Facebook

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New Zealand police may have found body of missing British backpacker Grace Millane

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}On Saturday, a 26-year-old man was charged with murder in her case after he was detained for questioning

On Saturday, a 26-year-old man was charged with murder in her case after he was detained for questioning