A murder inquiry has been launched after the body of a young woman was found in undergrowth in Glasgow.

The woman, who has not been identified, was discovered at about 1300 BST on Saturday in Coventry Drive, Dennistoun.

It is thought the discovery is linked to a missing person investigation, involving a woman from Nepal.

Strathclyde
Police appealed for anyone with information, or who may have witnessed
suspicious activity in the area, to contact them.

Officers are carrying out extensive searches and door to door inquiries.

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8087653.stm

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Cops find body in hunt for missing student

Jun 7 2009


Lauren Crooks

MURDER detectives sealed off the home of a missing student after finding a dead body yesterday.

They made the grim discovery five days after business management student Khusbu Shah, 21, was reported missing by her husband.

Police said yesterday the body had not been formally identified but
locals in Dennistoun, Glasgow, say officers believe it is Khusbu.

Detectives searched the flat the Nepalese national shared with her
husband and also sealed off a woodland area close to Alexandra Park.

Shocked neighbours say they saw officers remove the body from the
woodland area in a bag and that they also took a blue Mondeo car which
was parked outside the block of flats.

One said: "My daughter saw them take a body on a stretcher into the back of a black van. She said it was very small.

"It's horrible to think someone's been lying there dead. This is a
quiet area." Another said: "There has been a man in a car watching that
house for a week.

"We're talking 24-hour surveillance. We wondered what was going on."
Khusbu has lived in the UK for four years with her husband, also from
Nepal.

She studied accountancy at the city's Caledonian University.

Police are waiting for forensics to determine the cause of death.

source: http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/06/07/cops-find-body-in-hunt-for-missing-student-78057-21421735/