Croydon human remains discovery leads Met Police to open murder investigation

A murder investigation has been launched after human remains were found in a park in south London. Police consulted with a forensic anthropologist who confirmed that what had been found was human, and comes from one victim. Searches are being carried out in Rowdown Fields in Croydon after the troubling discovery on Tuesday. Detective Inspector Martin Thorpe said: “As you would expect, my team is working extremely hard in the early stages of this investigation to co-ordinate the search effort and carry out inquiries as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. “We are not going to give specific details on our search of the area, but I can confirm that since yesterday we have recovered further remains. “After consultation with a forensic anthropologist, we are certain that these are human. “This is being treated as murder, and we currently believe the remains belong to one victim. Related Article: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk... Daily Record Homepage: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ Daily Record Facebook:   / thescottishdailyrecord   Daily Record IG:   / scottishdailyrecord   Daily Record Twitter:   / daily_record   Daily Record Newsletters: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newslet... Join our WhatsApp communities here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages: DAILY RECORD: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/sc... RECORD SPORT RANGERS: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/f... RECORD SPORT CELTIC: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/f... You can get all the latest news, sport, showbiz and comment at DailyRecord.co.uk LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #DailyRecord #murder #croydon