Sarah Everard case: elite UK police officer suspected of murder
- UK police find suspected human remains in search for missing woman
- Officer from Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command arrested
An officer in London’s diplomatic protection branch was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of murder, police said, as investigators searching for a missing 33-year-old woman discovered human remains.
The Metropolitan Police said the officer, who is a member of the same force, was originally detained late Tuesday on suspicion of kidnapping, and is also being held on a separate allegation of indecent exposure.
The officer, aged in his 40s and who serves in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, remains in custody at a police station in the British capital, the Met said.
A woman in her 30s was also arrested Tuesday on suspicion of assisting an offender and remains in custody as part of the investigation, the force added.
The arrests came hours before Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick announced that officers searching woodland near the town of Ashford, southeast of London, had found human remains.
