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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. A couple came forward who saw her rucksack before it was picked up by 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. A man, 25, has been released with no further action to be taken, after he was arrested on 6 September on suspicion of murder.
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. He had previously been released on police bail, pending further enquiries.
A second man, 51, who was arrested on 7 September, was released the following day with no further action to be taken.
Scotland Yard has urged anyone else who saw the rucksack 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 Alice 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.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 a white iPhone 4S, with a 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 Chalmers 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.