Alice Gross: Police Ask For File On Suspect

Police have asked colleagues in Latvia for the case file of Arnis Zalkalns, the prime suspect in the disappearance of Alice Gross, Sky sources say.

The hunt for the 14-year-old, who went missing in west London on August 28, is the biggest search operation since the 7/7 bombings in 2005.

Zalkalns, a Latvian national, has been named as the main suspect by police after he, too, went missing from his home, in Ealing on September 3.

Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt says police have denied they linked the builder with the case only after a reporter made the connection.

Zalkalns was spotted on CCTV cycling along a path by the Grand Union Canal

He said: "The Yard are also saying that it has known about this suspect, had an interest in him, Mr Zalkalns, for perhaps a couple of weeks and they have had some formal discussions with the Latvian authorities."

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We are maintaining a close and productive relationship with the Latvian authorities in relation to this investigation. We are not going to elaborate on the nature of information sharing with Latvian authorities."

It has emerged that the 41-year-old was jailed in his native country in the late 1990s for murdering his wife and burying her in a forest after a dispute about her sexuality.

He was also arrested in London five years ago on suspicion of indecent assault on a 14-year-old girl, but was never charged.

Police in the garden of builder Arnis Zalkalns

Zalkalns' ex-girlfriend has told The Daily Telegraph he was accused of drugging and molesting the girl.

Search teams, including dogs and divers, have been deployed across west London looking for Alice, who is from Hanwell.

Some 630 officers from eight police forces have been involved.

They have searched 25 square kilometres (9.6 square miles) of open land and 5.5km of canals and rivers.

Police load a bike into a van during the search for Alice

Scotland Yard insist they have no evidence to suggest that Alice, who suffers from anorexia, has come to harm.

On Friday, police recovered a bicycle belonging to Zalkalns after searching one of his former homes in Hanwell.

Zalkalns has not accessed his bank account or used his mobile phone since September 3, nor has he returned home to his partner and young child.

His passport was left at his house and police in Latvia have confirmed he has not entered the country by plane.

Police say they have no evidence to suggest Alice has come to harm

They have however acknowledged it is possible he could have got in undetected if he travelled by car or coach.

Zalkalns was seen on CCTV footage cycling along a path by the Grand Union Canal 15 minutes after the last sighting of Alice.

Detectives believe he is likely to have seen Alice as they were both going north along the canal towpath.

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