Louise Smith: How the search for missing Leigh Park teenager turned into murder probe

LOUISE Smith was last spotted in Leigh Park on Friday, May 8. She was never seen alive again.
By Matthew Mohan-Hickson
Published 1st Jun 2020, 12:18 BST
Updated 1st Jun 2020, 12:34 BST
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Two weeks later, a body was found in Havant Thicket and a missing person search turned into a murder investigation.

This is the timeline of how the search panned out.

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