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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.
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.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.
A man, 25, has been released with no further action to be taken, after he was arrested on 6 September on suspicion of murder. The Met have also made a new appeal to find a Latvian man who went missing a week after Alice and who used the Grand Union Canal route to get to work.
He had previously been released on police bail, pending further enquiries. Arnis Zalkalns, 41, was reported missing on 5 September after he failed to meet a colleague on the morning of 4 September to cycle to work on the canal path. He rides a red Trek Mountain Bike and was due to work in Isleworth, police said.
The 5ft 10in builder was last seen on 3 September at his home in Ealing, where he lives with his partner and child.
Family 'very worried'
Det Supt Carl Mehta said: "It is completely out of character for Arnis to go missing. His family is very worried about him.
"Given the time that Arnis was last seen, and that he travels to work along a similar route to the one we know Alice took on the 28 August, I am really keen to speak to him.
"I would stress that based on what we know now there is no evidence to suggest that Arnis and Alice knew each other."
Earlier the Met said a 25-year-old man had been released with no further action to be taken, after he was arrested on 6 September on suspicion of murder. 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.A second man, 51, who was arrested on 7 September, was released the following day with no further action to be taken.
Crimewatch appeal
Scotland Yard has urged anyone else who saw the rucksack to come forward.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.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 a white iPhone 4S, with a 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 Chalmers 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.