Arrests after dismembered UK girl's body found

LONDON - Two people have been arrested after the body of a dismembered teenage girl, who detectives believe was abducted, was found on a south London estate, police said on Thursday.

The body of 15-year-old Rochelle Holness was discovered after police were called to the Milford Towers estate in Catford on Wednesday.

The alarm had been raised by ambulance crew who had gone to a flat on the estate to treat a man suffering from cuts.

A man and a woman, both aged 47, were arrested by officers who then later discovered Holness' dismembered body on an open area.

"At this early stage, it is not clear when Rochelle was killed," Detective Superintendent Paul McAleenan said.

"I want to hear from anyone who was in the area at any time from Sunday evening, 25 September, to the early hours of Wednesday 28 September." He said Holness had last been seen on Sunday evening when she had gone to use a phone box near Milford Towers. She was later reported missing.

Police said they believe she had been abducted.

- REUTERS