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A woman in her 30s is the second person arrested for the murder of a missing 17-year-old girl, who went missing in July.
Bernadette Walker’s parents reported her missing on July 21 after they had not seen her at her Peterborough home for three days.
Cambridgeshire police launched a “disembodied” murder investigation after extensive search operations found no trace of the teenager.
A 50-year-old man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder and remains in detention.
A woman in her 30s became the second person to be arrested when police detained her on suspicion of murder on Saturday night.
Police were seen today searching Bernadette’s family home in Peterborough’s Millfield district.
Bernadette Walker (pictured), 17, was reported missing in Peterborough on July 21 after she had not been seen for three days. Two people have been arrested in connection after police launched a murder investigation.
Police were seen outside Bernadette’s family home in Millfield, Peterborough on Sunday, as a man and a woman remain in custody on suspicion of murder.
Bernadette’s parents, Sarah Walker, 39, and Scott Walker, 50, reportedly told police they last saw her on July 18 when she ran out of her car.
Walker said her daughter texted her nearly two days later at 1 a.m. on July 20 to say she would be returning “soon” to the family’s five-room council house in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
Bernadette’s parents reported her missing to police the next day, July 21, when they told officers they had heard nothing more about her.
Walker, a mother of nine who had a baby girl about six months ago, distributed posters around Peterborough asking for information about her missing daughter, who loved goth and punk music.
Specialized forensic officers were seen entering and leaving the home along with a police dog handler and a spaniel sniffer dog.
A ‘bodyless’ murder investigation was declared on Friday after all search operations failed, police from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crimes Unit revealed. In the photo, Bernadette with her little sister
In August, Ms. Walker told PeterboroughMatters.com: ‘I can’t eat or sleep well. I miss and love my older princess so much that she is missing her baby sister, that she has already learned to smile and coo. ‘
She revealed that she hadn’t had any contact from her daughter since 1 a.m. on July 20, when Bernadette texted her to tell her she was on her way home.
Police officers were today standing guard outside the family’s modern semi-detached house, which was cordoned off with police tape.
Specialized forensic officers were seen entering and leaving the home along with a police dog handler and his sniffer spaniel dog.
A neighbor of Bernadette’s parents who asked not to be identified said today: ‘They are really lovely and they always smile.
“They are a good family and they had just had a baby girl. There were a lot of children, but they seemed to be coping well. They were always looking after their children
I spoke with them after Bernadette disappeared to wish them all the best and they were really bummed about it.
Police were standing guard outside the 17-year-old’s home today. On Friday, Cambridgeshire Police launched a murder investigation for ‘disembodied’
Bernadette is described as having a medium build with half brown, half ginger blonde hair.
I texted her when it became known that a suspect was being arrested and she said she had just returned from giving a statement to the police. I just told him that I hoped everything went well. ‘
DCI Jerry Waite said: ‘Due to the length of time Bernadette has been missing and concerns that she may have suffered harm, we made the decision to declare this a murder investigation yesterday morning.
“While we hope to find Bernadette alive and well, there is a possibility that this is not the case, therefore my team and I will do everything we can to find out what happened to her and bring the offenders to justice.”
Bernadette ran out of her parents’ car on July 18, contacted her family two days later, but was reported missing the next day.
Bernadette has not accessed social media since then and no friends have heard from her.
Her family originally thought she had taken spare clothes, but has since found the items under the schoolgirl’s bed.
Bernadette is described as having a medium build with medium brown, medium ginger blonde hair.
He has facial piercings and two homemade tattoos.
Anyone with information on Bernadette’s whereabouts or what has happened to her is urged to contact the police, either through the online chat feature or by calling 101 and citing Operation Penshaw.
