Whitehall 1212
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I am not quite so sure they have deliberately been trying to protect her dignity . Until the last day or so it has been treated in public as a kidnap / murder with 5 men being arrested and subsequently bailed.
The police have consistently said that OD is missing person enquiry. That statement is very important and must not be misunderstood.
Don't get too caught up in what you imagine the required level of suspicion of kidnap and murder has to be for an arrest.
I strongly suspect that the men arrested, were the last persons identified as being in the company of OD in the period before she first went off the radar in Croydon. A couple of them may have been in her vicinity when all contact was lost.....I can't guess specifics.....hence the arrest on 'suspicion' of murder.
Essentially the police have to investigate their concerns for OD's welfare and the arrested men were 'identified' as being with her at around the time she was last seen.
The weight of evidence for arrest is low and very much based on circumstances. It need be nothing more than 'reason' to suspect the offence has been committed and reason to suspect the arrested person of having committed it.
The concern is for OD's welfare. Police will arrest if they have the suspicion, the grounds and it is proportionate to do so to for 'prompt and effective investigate of the offence in question and to seek to identify where a vulnerable person reported missing is.
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