Overview
- Officers from the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team executed warrants on Beckside Road and Cumberland Road on November 17.
- Three women aged 47, 54 and 55 and two men aged 27 and 51 were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody without charges.
- Senior investigating officer Detective Inspector Tom Hilyer said the team now suspects Ismail Ali is no longer alive and appealed for information.
- Police asked anyone with details to contact 101 or use the force's live chat, quoting log reference 1498 of 1 June 2020, or to call Crimestoppers anonymously.
- Ali, a long-standing shop worker, was last seen leaving Gulam Food Stores in Lidget Green at 2.30pm on May 29, 2020, after years of regular case reviews.