LONDON – A body found this week in a wooded area in the south-east of England has been identified as Sarah Everard, police said on Friday, ending days of uncertainty over the fate of the 33-year-old marketing manager who was in the South last week -London has disappeared. .
Her disappearance touched on an outpouring of solidarity and anger against gender-based violence in Britain.
“Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave has sadly confirmed that the body in the Kent bushveld has been identified as Sarah Everard,” Metropolitan Police said. said on Twitter. “We think of Sarah’s family and loved ones during this difficult time.”
A police officer was arrested this week in Kent, 80km southeast of London, and is being held in custody for kidnapping, murder and indecent exposure in a separate incident.
Me. Everard left a friend’s home in the Clapham area around 9pm on March 3 and was last seen on a CCTV camera in a residential area at 9:30 p.m. The journey home should have taken her about 50 minutes.
The remains of a body were discovered by police in Kent on Wednesday, obscuring hopes that Everard would be found alive.
“Sarah was bright and beautiful – a wonderful daughter and sister,” her family said Thursday. “She was friendly and considerate, caring and trustworthy,” they add, describing her as an excellent example for all of us. ‘
Me. Everard’s disappearance has spurred thousands of women this week to walk their experiences of assault, harassment in public spaces and the fear of the streets.
Although police authorities said this week that kidnappings were rare in London, Mayor Sadiq Khan admitted on Friday that the streets of the British capital were not safe enough.
Jesse Phillips, a Labor lawmaker, said in an annual debate for International Women’s Day in parliament on Thursday that men who kill women are accepted as part of daily life.
“Dead women are just one of those things,” she said. Phillips previously said read the names of women who have been murdered in the past year in which a man has been convicted or charged. “Murdered women do not rarely disappear, murdered women are common.”