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Search for missing British woman turns to homicide investigation as human remains are found – Police officer Wayne Couzens, 38, is charged with kidnap, murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;4e4546"><strong>Human remains found in the search for missing British woman turns the case to a homicide investigation <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>Sarah Everard&comma; a 33-year-old marketing executive&comma; was last seen leaving a friend’s house in Clapham&comma; London around 9 p&period;m&period; on March 3 <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>She never<&sol;strong> <strong>made it home to Brixton<&sol;strong> <&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>Murder suspect&comma; police officer Wayne Couzens&comma; was rushed to hospital with head injuries after he’s found collapsed in his police cell<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>Married father-of-two Couzens&comma; 48&comma; was arrested Tuesday after Sarah&comma; 33&comma; seemingly vanished off the streets of Clapham&comma; London <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>Wayne Couzens&comma; has been arrested on suspicion of murder and kidnap <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>His wife Elena Couzens&comma; 39&comma; has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>Authorities are investigating Couzens used his police ID to entice Sarah Everard into a car out of the view of cameras on the night Everards vanished<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>Police believe that &&num;8220&semi;Sarah didn’t know whoever attacked her”<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong>Footage from a bus CCTV reportedly&comma; gave police a breakthrough in the investigation <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading"><strong><strong>Authorities reportedly zeroed in on Couzens after a car linked to him was spotted on a motorist’s dashcam near the area where Sarah was last seen on the night of March 3<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;Wayne-Couzens-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-373156"&sol;><figcaption><strong>On Tuesday night&comma; Metropolitan Police officer&comma; Wayne Couzens&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb; &comma; was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping&comma; charges which were upgraded Wednesday to murder after the dicovery of human remains suspected to belong to Sarah Everards in the woods&comma; 30 miles from his home in Kent&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A Metropolitan police officer was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder in the disappearance of a woman who went missing last week on her way home in South London&period; A day later&comma; human remains were found&period;<br>Sarah Everard&comma; a 33-year-old marketing executive&comma; was last seen leaving a friend’s house in Clapham around 9 p&period;m&period; on March 3&comma; according to police&period; She never made it home&period;<br>In the last week&comma; hundreds of police officers searched more than 750 houses in South London area&comma; a woodland area and a property in Kent&comma; according to police&period;<br>On Tuesday night the suspect&comma; a Metropolitan Police officer&comma; who worked in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command&comma; was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping&comma; charges which were upgraded Wednesday to murder&period;<br>Pc&period; Couzens was also questioned about a separate allegation of indecent exposure&period; While executing the arrest warrant&comma; police arrested a 39-year-old woman at the home&period; She was detained and question on the suspicion of assisting an offender&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;Sarah-Everard-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-373315" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"1152"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Sarah Everard&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; a 33-year-old marketing executive&comma; was last seen leaving a friend’s house in Clapham&comma; London around 9 p&period;m&period; on March 3&comma;&period; She never<&sol;strong> <strong>made it home to Brixton&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;Wayne-Couzens-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-373313" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"998"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Authorities are investigating whether murder suspect&comma; Police Constable Wayne Couzens &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; may have used his official ID to entice Everard into his car<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">On Wednesday&comma; investigators searching a woodland area in Ashford&comma; Kent&comma; found human remains assumed to be Everard&comma; though not confirmed<br>On Thursday however&comma; murder suspect Wayne Couzens was rushed to hospital with head injuries after he’s found collapsed in cell&period; The married father-of-two was taken to hospital with a police guard mounted at the hospital following the shocking incident at Wandsworth police station&comma; South West London&period;<br>A police source said that Couzens &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;was found unconscious in his cell with head injuries&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The custody officers rushed in and gave him immediate first aid and he was taken to hospital&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It caused a hell of a panic and serious questions are being asked over how it happened&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;Wayne-Couzens-and-his-wife-Elena-Couzens-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-373320" width&equals;"832" height&equals;"858"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Wayne Couzens&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; has been arrested on suspicion of murder and kidnap while his wife Elena &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;Sarah-Everard-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-373322" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"1176"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Sarah Everard was last seen in London on March 3&period; A week later&comma; on Wednesday&comma; investigators searching a woodland area 80 miles away in Ashford&comma; Kent&comma; found human remains assumed to be Everard&comma; though not confirmed<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The news today that it was a Metropolitan Police officer arrested on suspicion of Sarah’s murder has sent waves of shock and anger through the public and through the whole of the Met&comma;” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said in a statement Wednesday&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I speak on behalf of all my colleagues in the Met when I say we are utterly appalled at this dreadful news&period; Our job is to patrol the streets and to protect people&period;”<br>Dick urged Londoners not to become afraid to go outside and said there would be continued police presence in the area&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But I completely understand that despite this&comma; women in London and the wider public — particularly those in the area where Sarah went missing — will be worried and may well be feeling scared&comma;” she said&period;<br>It’s unclear if Everard knew the police officer&comma; who was off duty at the time of her disappearance&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;Wayne-Couzens-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-373329" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"1206"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Murder suspect Wayne Couzens &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; sustained his injuries while he was spending a second night in custody at a London police station&period; It is understood he was alone at the time he suffered the head injuries&period; There is no suggestion that anyone else was involved&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The incident occurred while Couzens was spending a second night in custody at the police station&period; It is understood he was alone at the time he suffered the head injuries&period; There is no suggestion that anyone else was involved&period;<br>The Met diplomatic protection cop was supposed to be monitored every 15 minutes under normal custody rules for potentially vulnerable prisoners&period;<br>Couzens has since been discharged and returned to custody&comma; with his time in custody suspended during his hospitalisation&period;<br>The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards allegedly&comma; are thought to be investigating the incident&period;<br>Met Commissioner Cressida Dick announced Wednesday night that human remains had been found in the search area&period; however she did not confirm that they belonged to Everard &period;<br>Authorities had narrowed the search down to PC Couzens after a car linked to him was allegedly spotted on a motorist’s dashcam near to where Sarah was last seen on the night of Wednesday March 3&period; <br>The development opened a line of investigation to find out whether Wayne Couzens used his warrant card to entice Sarah into a car&period; Police however&comma; do not believe PC Couzens had ever met Sarah previously&period;<br>Detectives searching social media messages&comma; hvave not found a link between Couzens and Everard&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;Black-sedan-seized-by-London-police-as-Wayne-Couzens-was-arrested-t-his-home-on-Wednesday-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-373174"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Police removed two vehicles from the suspect&&num;8217&semi;s home including a black Seat sedan&comma; when Met police executed the arrest warrant against Couzens on Tuesday&period; Authorities reportedly zeroed in on Couzens after a car linked to him was spotted on a motorist’s dashcam near the area where Sarah was last seen on the night of March 3<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The remains were recovered 30 miles from the Deal home where Couzens&comma; a member of the Met Police armed corp&comma;and his wife were arrested on Tuesday night on suspicion of Sarah’s kidnap&period; The police marksman&comma; whose role involves guarding politicians and protecting events attended by senior royals&comma; is believed to have worked a shift in South London that day&period;<br>It was reported Wednesday that footage from a bus CCTV gave invetigators a breakthrough in the case&period; Detectives also searched the suspect&&num;8217&semi;s locker&period;<br>Police are now investigating whether Couzens used his police warrant card to entice Everard into a car&period; Authorities do not believe however&comma; that PC Couzens had ever met Sarah previously&period; Police believe that &&num;8220&semi;Sarah didn’t know whoever attacked her&period;” Searching social media did not reveal any links between Couzens and Everard&comma; either&period; <br><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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