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Police Investigate Leicester Car Park Death as Suspect Charged in Missing London Woman’s Murder

Yajaira Castro Mendez’s body recovered in Hampshire’s Bolderwood area is yet to be formally identified.

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Overview

  • Officers were called at around 7.10am on Saturday after a man in his 70s was found unresponsive in his car at the Asda store on Exploration Drive in Leicester.
  • Leicestershire Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death and a file will be prepared for HM Coroner.
  • Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, was reported missing on May 31 after leaving her Ilford home two days earlier.
  • Her remains were discovered on June 7 in Hampshire’s Bolderwood area, prompting the transfer of the missing person investigation to the Met’s Specialist Crime Command.
  • A man known to Ms Castro Mendez was charged with her murder on June 6 and has been remanded in custody.