Timeline
2019
Urfan Sharif, 41, is awarded custody of Sara and her 13-year-old brother. Other than occasional phonecalls, Olga Sharif, the mother, saw her children only twice in the 4 years since 2019.
2021
Olga Sharif is cut off completely from her children following an argument with Urfan's new partner, Beenish.
April 2023
Urfan Sharif, his partner Beenish, and six 'very young' children move into the house in Hammond Road, Surrey.
8 August, Tuesday or 9 Aug, Wednesday?
Plane tickets are booked for Pakistan.
BBC Source: 8 Aug, Tuesday
'The BBC has spoken to a travel agent in the town who said he was contacted by someone known to Sara, wanting tickets for three adults and five children. Speaking to the BBC, the travel agent in Woking identified the person making the booking on the evening of 8 August to travel the following day, whom he said had used his services before.'
Sky News Source: 9 Aug, Wednesday
'One-way tickets to Islamabad were booked on 9 August, hours before she was found dead. [...] The travel agent told Sky News the tickets were booked after a phone call and communication on WhatsApp.'
9 Aug, Wednesday
3 adults and 5 children fly to Pakistan.
10 Aug, Thursday
Sussex Police is called to the property 'following a concern for safety'.
9 Aug, Wednesday or 10 Aug, Thursday?
Neighbours say that hours before emergency services arrived, 2 cars disappear from the driveway.
10 Aug, Thursday
A 10 year-old girl's body found by police at 02:50 BST.
10 Aug, Thursday
A murder investigation is launched, led by Surrey Police and Sussex Police’s Major Crime Team. 'We have identified a number of individuals we would like to speak to as part of our enquiries and at this stage, we are not looking to identify anyone else in connection with our investigation. We have no reason to believe there is any risk to the public.' Surrey Police said it was working with the international authorities to locate them.
15 Aug, Tuesday
The girl is named locally as Sara Sharif.
15 Aug, Tuesday
Olga Sharif, Sara's mum, gives an interview to The Sun.
15 Aug, Tuesday
Police say that formal identification was still set to take place and a post-mortem examination was planned to be carried out.
16 Aug, Wednesday
The BBC speaks to police in Pakistan who have said that no formal approach has been made by the British authorities over the case. Pakistan and the UK do not have a formal extradition treaty.
Police are trying to locate three people who left the UK a day before Sara's body was found.
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Police are investigating the death of the 10-year-old, whose body was found in Woking last week.
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Sara Sharif was tragically found at the £550,000 home in the quiet village of Horsell, near Woking, in the early hours of Thursday morning.
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Police are carrying out a murder investigation and have said they want to question three people known to her who had left the UK.
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