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Interesting article, thanks! rbbm.
"Mr Harland and his team believe the woman had been living in a rural community in north Lancashire or south Cumbria and was murdered by her partner, then dumped outdoors. The stream where she was found is a mile from the main road and several from the nearest town of Settle."
"According to the Office of National Statistics, in 2004 there were 3,000 people in Cumbria and Lancashire who were born in a south-east Asian country."
"Investigators made use of a unique database that produces profiles of killers based on previous murder cases.
It shows that most bodies are carried no more than 50m (164ft) from a vehicle and that most drivers dumping a corpse travel no further than between 50 and 80 miles (80 to 130km).
The location of her body was off a rocky track only accessible by a 4x4, suggesting the killer may have lived in a rural location."
"We managed to track down a fell runner, who every morning would take a reading of the water level.
"When he gave us the charts it showed that there had been a massive spike in rainfall the 24 hours before she was found - enough to move a body."
Mr Harland maintains the killer was familiar with the area.
"The likelihood is that she's been dead at home, they've needed to get rid of her quickly and they've brought her up here, over the hump and put her out of sight."
