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A31 Bolderwood lane closure as murder investigation continues
A stretch of the A31 through the New Forest is still closed as police continue a murder investigation following the discovery of the body of a missing 46-year-old Castro Mendez disappeared having left her home in Ilford on 29 May. She was reported missing to the Metropolitan Police on 31 closures have been in place since her body was found in the Bolderwood area on Saturday - one lane is shut westbound between the M27 and the Friday Juan Toledo, 51, from south-east London, appeared at Barkingside Magistrates' Court charged with her murder and was remanded into custody.
The Metropolitan Police said the family of Ms Castro Mendez had been told about the discovery of the body found during searches by officers in the forest on identification has yet to be made and a post-mortem examination has yet to take with information about Ms Castro Mendez's death is urged to contact police.
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