A man was arrested today over a car that British police suspect is linked to the murder of Surrey schoolgirl Milly Dowler six years ago.
Police said the man (34) was arrested during a dawn raid in Hounslow, west London. He is being questioned over suspicions he might have helped dispose of a red Daewoo Nexia.
The car was seen on CCTV footage taken from the Walton-on-Thames area on the same day the 13-year-old went missing in March 2002. She was abducted as she walked home from the train station after school.
Milly Dowler's remains were found six months after her disappearance
Her remains were found by a couple picking mushrooms in secluded Hampshire woodland, about 25 miles away, six months after her disappearance.
Despite a huge police inquiry, her killer has never been caught.
The car was the subject of a fresh appeal after last week's conviction of "bus stop killer" Levi Bellfield, who is now considered a prime suspect in the Dowler case.
Detectives believe Bellfield had access to his girlfriend's Daewoo Nexia, which was also red. The couple had a rented flat in Walton.
Sky News reported the arrested man was a known associate of Bellfield's.
Bellfield was recently jailed for life for beating two female students to death, and the attempted murder of another in southwest London, just a few miles from Walton.