by Keyan Milanian

The identity of the woman found in a suitcase in Cliffe has been released by police and a man arrested.

Originally from the Phillipines, Leah Questin a 37 year-old care worker, lived in Sneyd Road, London.

The Metropolitan Police have now taken over the case from Kent Police and launched a murder investigation.

A 35-year-old man was arrested at 6am Tuesday at an address in south east London.
Last Thursday (September 24) officers found a badly decomposed body in a suitcase in a dried-up pond by farmland off Buckland Road in Cliffe near Rochester.

Next of kin has been informed.

A post mortem was carried out last Friday but the results were inconclusive. Forensic tests are ongoing to establish the cause of death.

Leah had been reported missing to the Missing Persons Unit at Brent by a friend at around midday on September 12. She was last seen at her home address.

Det Ch Insp Peter Lansdown, of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, based at Hendon, said: "We continue to liaise with our colleagues at Kent Constabulary and I would like to thank them for their work during the early stages of this enquiry."