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| Alice Gross search: Sighting of missing girl's rucksack | Alice Gross search: Sighting of missing girl's rucksack |
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| Police investigating the disappearance of schoolgirl Alice Gross say there has been a new sighting of her rucksack. | Police investigating the disappearance of schoolgirl Alice Gross say there has been a new sighting of her rucksack. |
| The 14-year-old from Hanwell was last seen on CCTV cameras on 28 August. | The 14-year-old from Hanwell was last seen on CCTV cameras on 28 August. |
| Her purple rucksack was found near a towpath beside the River Brent between Hanwell Bridge and the Grand Union Canal on 2 September. | Her purple rucksack was found near a towpath beside the River Brent between Hanwell Bridge and the Grand Union Canal on 2 September. |
| Police said a couple have come forward who saw her rucksack before it was picked up by police and urged anyone else who saw it to come forward. | Police said a couple have come forward who saw her rucksack before it was picked up by police and urged anyone else who saw it to come forward. |
| An appeal for more information, will be made on the BBC One TV programme Crimewatch later and Scotland Yard has released an interactive map of the route she took. | An appeal for more information, will be made on the BBC One TV programme Crimewatch later and Scotland Yard has released an interactive map of the route she took. |
| The girl is 5ft 2in (1.57m) tall and of very slim build with shoulder-length, light brown hair. | The girl is 5ft 2in (1.57m) tall and of very slim build with shoulder-length, light brown hair. |
| When the Brentside High School pupil left her family home at 13:00 BST on 28 August she was wearing dark blue jeans and a grey top, and tartan framed glasses. | When the Brentside High School pupil left her family home at 13:00 BST on 28 August she was wearing dark blue jeans and a grey top, and tartan framed glasses. |
| Det Ch Insp Andy Chalmers said: "I am really keen to trace Alice's phone, which I know has not been used since late afternoon on the day she was last seen. | |
| "It is white iPhone 4S, with distinctive cracked rear case that Alice had decorated with marker pen. | "It is white iPhone 4S, with distinctive cracked rear case that Alice had decorated with marker pen. |
| "A couple have come forward to tell us that they saw Alice's bag on the evening of Thursday, 28 August, at about 20:15, on the footpath that runs besides the River Brent between Hanwell Bridge and the Grand Union Canal. They didn't move the bag or look inside it. | "A couple have come forward to tell us that they saw Alice's bag on the evening of Thursday, 28 August, at about 20:15, on the footpath that runs besides the River Brent between Hanwell Bridge and the Grand Union Canal. They didn't move the bag or look inside it. |
| "So I'm continuing to ask for anyone else who may have seen Alice's rucksack between this time and when officers found it on 2 September." | "So I'm continuing to ask for anyone else who may have seen Alice's rucksack between this time and when officers found it on 2 September." |
| Det Ch Insp Chambers has previously said her bag had also been spotted by two builders. | Det Ch Insp Chambers has previously said her bag had also been spotted by two builders. |
| Crimewatch will be broadcast on BBC One at 22:40. | Crimewatch will be broadcast on BBC One at 22:40. |