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| A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman found in a wheelie bin left outside a house in Surrey. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman found in a wheelie bin left outside a house in Surrey. |
| The victim has been identified as Melanie Wallner, a 32-year-old who is known to have lived in the county. | The victim has been identified as Melanie Wallner, a 32-year-old who is known to have lived in the county. |
| Her body was found surrounded by rubbish in the bin at Hamilton Avenue in Cobham, last Saturday. | Her body was found surrounded by rubbish in the bin at Hamilton Avenue in Cobham, last Saturday. |
| Peter Wallner, 33, the last resident of the house, was arrested at Gatwick Airport at 2000 BST on Wednesday after a police search for him. | |
| He contacted Surrey Police on Tuesday while staying with his 23-year-old partner Lilia Fenech and her family on Malta. | |
| A post-mortem examination revealed Ms Wallner suffered a serious head injury, but it did not establish a cause of death. | |
| Some had thought she moved away from Surrey in the last few years and others believed she may have died in 2006 Det Ch Ins Maria Woodall | |
| The body is thought to have been in the bin for three weeks before it was found. | |
| Surrey Police said she was identified using dental records and her next-of-kin have informed. | |
| Det Ch Ins Maria Woodall said: "We have received varying accounts from Melanie's family, friends and neighbours about her recent history. | |
| "Some had thought she moved away from Surrey in the last few years and others believed she may have died in 2006. | |
| "I am now asking for people's help in building a picture of the last years of her life. | |
| "Specifically, I would like to hear from anyone we haven't yet spoken to who has seen Melanie since August 2006 or people who knew her well shortly before this date." | |
| She added: "Melanie's family are obviously very shocked at this time and we are determined, with the public's help, to find them the truth about her death." | |
| Forensics experts are still searching the property and house-to-house enquires have been extended, a police spokesperson said. | |
| Dustmen had refused to empty it and told council bosses the container was too heavy to lift. | |
| Elmbridge council said it contacted the owner of the relevant house in Cobham after binmen reported the issue. | |
| She told police on Saturday there was a foot sticking up in the bin. | |
| Mr Wallner and Ms Fenech rented the property in Hamilton Avenue until about three weeks before the body was found. |