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In pictures: The search for Alice Gross

A collection of pictures from the search for missing Hanwell teenager Alice Gross.

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Steve Bax-WLON

17:00, 23 SEP 2014
Updated09:40, 1 OCT 2014

14-year-old Alice disappears on August 28 triggering a police missing persons inquiry.1 of 15
Missing posters appeal for Alice's safe return.2 of 15
Alice (right) with her sister Nina. Her family use social media to appeal for information.3 of 15
The police search centres on the canal as CCTV reveals Alice walked to Brentford Lock on the day she vanished4 of 15
Alice's purple rucksack is found on the canal towpath on September 2.5 of 15
Arnis Zalkans, a Latvian builder living in Ealing, disappears on September 3 and is reported missing by his parter two days later.6 of 15
Meanwhile police divers continue searching the Grand Union Canal at Hanwell for clues.7 of 15
As news of Alice's disappearance spreads, yellow ribbons begin appearing across her home town of Hanwell8 of 15
Yellow ribbons around Hanwell that have been put up to remind people of the search for Alice Gross.9 of 15
Yellow ribbons around Hanwell that have been put up to remind people of the search for Alice Gross. W7. Hanwell10 of 15
The case features on Crimewatch on September 16. Missing builder Arnis Zalkalns is now the prime suspect.11 of 15
Alice's mother Rosalind Hodgkiss makes an emotional appeal on Crimewatch.12 of 15
It emerges that Arnis Zalkalns was jailed for seven years in Latvia for murdering his wife Rudites. They are pictured here on their wedding day 1995.13 of 15
Arnis Zalkalns, 41, moved to the UK two years after his release and has a parter and child in Ealing. Photo credit: Phil Harris14 of 15
Arnis Zalkalns in handcuffs showing a Latvian police officer where he buried his wife. Photo credit: Phil Harris15 of 15

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