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| Israel river body is missing Rose | Israel river body is missing Rose |
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| A body found in a Tel Aviv river is that of missing four-year-old Rose Pizem, Israeli police have confirmed. | A body found in a Tel Aviv river is that of missing four-year-old Rose Pizem, Israeli police have confirmed. |
| Flowers, candles and messages have already been placed on the site near where the tiny body was discovered in a suitcase by police on Thursday. | Flowers, candles and messages have already been placed on the site near where the tiny body was discovered in a suitcase by police on Thursday. |
| The hunt for Rose has been widely publicised across Israel. | The hunt for Rose has been widely publicised across Israel. |
| Her grandfather, Ronny Ron, initially confessed that he had killed her, but later withdrew the statement, saying he had been coerced into making it. | Her grandfather, Ronny Ron, initially confessed that he had killed her, but later withdrew the statement, saying he had been coerced into making it. |
| Two divers retrieved a red suitcase that fitted the description given by the girl's grandfather from the Yarkon river on Thursday. | Two divers retrieved a red suitcase that fitted the description given by the girl's grandfather from the Yarkon river on Thursday. |
| Inside, police found human remains. | |
| The remains were sent for identification, and on Friday police confirmed that they were those of the missing girl. | |
| "Final confirmation of the DNA tests show that the body is that of Rose," said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. | |
| "Samples were taken from both the mother and the father," he said. | |
| Touching tributes | Touching tributes |
| Near the scene of the discovery on Friday, touching tributes were being left to Rose. | Near the scene of the discovery on Friday, touching tributes were being left to Rose. |
| One message, in what appeared to be a child's handwriting, said in French: "Rose, I love you, I miss you. God Bless you". | One message, in what appeared to be a child's handwriting, said in French: "Rose, I love you, I miss you. God Bless you". |
| Nearby, flowers, chocolates and small dolls were laid out in memory of the girl. | Nearby, flowers, chocolates and small dolls were laid out in memory of the girl. |
| Rose had been missing since May. | Rose had been missing since May. |
| The red suitcase was retrieved from the river by police | |
| Ronny Ron, a 45-year-old taxi driver, lived near Tel Aviv with Rose's mother Marie-Charlotte Renaud, 23. | Ronny Ron, a 45-year-old taxi driver, lived near Tel Aviv with Rose's mother Marie-Charlotte Renaud, 23. |
| Ms Renaud had previously been married to his son Benjamin, who is Rose's father and who lives near Paris. | |
| On Tuesday, a Tel Aviv court remanded Mr Ron and Ms Renaud in custody for 10 days. | On Tuesday, a Tel Aviv court remanded Mr Ron and Ms Renaud in custody for 10 days. |
| Israeli media has published an emotional message, written by Ms Renaud and delivered by her lawyer, to be placed on her daughter's grave. | |
| "I'm sorry, so sorry I couldn't understand you, understand your suffering. Sorry I couldn't hug you and tell you how much I love you," the message said. | |
| "We were together for nine months. For a year and a half I lived for nothing but you, with you⦠farewell was so hard for you⦠for me⦠I would like so much to explain to you that it's not easy, being a mother at 18." | |
| Rose's maternal grandmother, Betty Sghaier, says she wants the little girl's remains to be flown to France. | |
| "I want her body to be repatriated - she has no reason to be out there," she told AFP news agency. |