A 30-year-old Indian-origin woman, who had been missing for nearly a week, was found murdered near London's Heathrow airport, Evening Standard reports.
The local metropolitan police has appealed to the public for information about the incident.
Pardeep Kaur was married and worked as a hotel housekeeper. She was last seen alive on October 16th.
A relative reported her missing after she failed to turn up for work.
A week later, her body was found by police during their search.
Police believe she was strangled by a stranger on her way to work in London.
"We have carried out extensive CCTV and house-to-house enquiries piecing together information about Pardeep's last known movements. A key line of enquiry for this investigation continues to be that Pardeep was attacked by a stranger on her walk to work that morning, and sadly, was most likely murdered before she was reported missing," said Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Jamie Stevenson, from the Homicide and Major Crime Command.
He added: "We are releasing a CCTV still showing Pardeep on her way home from work on Sunday, 16 October - the day before she went missing. It shows her wearing the same clothing and carrying the same handbag that she had on the morning she went missing.
Source: Metropolitan Police, UK
"We have yet to find Pardeep's handbag - it was a black shoulder bag - and I would like to hear from anyone who has found a discarded handbag matching that description abandoned in the street or in their garden. This continues to be a fast-moving investigation."
The newspaper also reported that two men in their 30s were arrested over the disappearance of Kaur. They both were released without charge last week.
A post-mortem examination proved inconclusive in establishing the cause of death and the results of further tests are awaited.
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