07/08/2013

Police Search Roadside For Body Of Missing Woman

Police in Manchester are searching a 15-mile stretch of the A19 for the body of Rania Alayed, who has been missing since early June.

The 25-year-old mother-of-three was reported missing from her Cheetham Hill home on 2 July. However, police believe that she was last seen on 7 June, at around 7.30pm on Rodney Street, near Arthur Millwood Court, Salford.

Her husband and brother-in-law were subsequently charged with her murder.

Police have now said they have reason to believe that her body could be somewhere along a 15-mile stretch of the A19 in North Yorkshire, near Thirsk.

Police are also keen to trace a white camper van that was seen on the road on 8 June.

Some 350 letters have been sent to drivers who are believed to have been on the A19 or A168 on that day, asking if they have any information.

(MH/JP)

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