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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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. | 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' | 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. | 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. | "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." | "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. | 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 | 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 was made on the BBC One TV programme Crimewatch 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. |