Man rearrested after missing mum's remains found

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Lancaster, C. (2026, September 20). Man rearrested after missing mum's remains found. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck8d3lz684zvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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A 56-year-old man from Southampton was rearrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and murder after human remains believed to be those of Joanne Sheen, who went missing in December 2019, were discovered in London. The remains were found a week after a fire damaged shrubland near Bedfont Lakes Country Park, leading to an extensive police investigation involving over 4,000 lines of inquiry and more than 300 statements taken since Sheen was reported missing in February 2020.

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The remains discovered near Padstow Walk in Feltham, London, following a wildfire on August 12 were identified as those of Joanne Sheen, who had been missing since December 5, 2019. Ms. Sheen, 44 and a mother-of-three from Southampton, was last seen traveling to her home city from Fareham, Hampshire. Her family reported her missing in February 2020 after she disappeared. The extensive investigation involved more than 4,000 lines of inquiry and over 300 statements taken by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary. A 56-year-old man from Southampton was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder; he remains in custody as the investigation continues.

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“Article A reports on the identification of human remains as those of a missing woman, while Article B covers the rearrest of a suspect in connection with her disappearance and the discovery of the remains.”

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- Published A 56-year-old man has been rearrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and further arrested on suspicion of murder after human remains were identified as a missing mother-of-three. asserted

remains → publish → three

Joanne Sheen, then aged 44, was last seen when she travelled from Fareham to Southampton with a friend on 5 December 2019. asserted

she → age → December

Metropolitan Police officers were called to Padstow Walk in Feltham, London, on 12 August after bones were found in shrubland damaged by a fire a week earlier. asserted

bones → call → fire

The man, from Southampton, first arrested in 2020, has been released on conditional bail. asserted

man → arrest → bail

Another man, also 56 and from Southampton, was released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. asserted

man → release → murder

Sheen's disappearance sparked a major police investigation, which the force said led to more than 4,000 lines of inquiry, more than 300 statements taken and detailed searches at more than 10 addresses carried out using numerous vessels. asserted

force → spark → vessels

Sheen was reported missing by her family in February 2020, two months after she was last seen. asserted

she → report → February

An investigation led to a number of arrests on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in 2020, but no-one was charged and the case remained unsolved. asserted

case → lead → 2020

Officers previously said she had no fixed address and did not own a vehicle or hold a bank account. asserted

she → say → account

London Fire Brigade attended a fire at Bedfont Pits on 5 August that damaged about two hectares of shrubland. asserted

that → attend → shrubland

The Metropolitan Police said human remains were found by a member of the public at the site near Bedfont Lakes Country Park a week later. asserted

remains → say → Park

Detectives in London handed the investigation over to Hampshire Police after the remains were identified as those of Sheen. asserted

remains → hand → Sheen

Man rearrested after missing mum's remains found

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