The scene in Brunswick Park where officers have set up a cordon. On the right is a photo of Petra Srncova

Formal identification is yet to take place but Petra’s family have been informed (Picture: Met Police/UKNIP)

A body has been found in a park in south London in connection to
an investigation into the disappearance of nursing assistant Petra Srncova.


Police were alerted by a member of the public and responded to Brunswick Park in Camberwell at around 11.40am today.


They found the body, setting up a cordon at the scene where officers remain this evening.


The force is still awaiting formal identification, but said Petra’s family have been informed.


At this stage, the death is being treated as unexplained.


Petra was last seen at around 8.22pm on November 28 in the Camberwell area after taking two buses there from her place of work at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital.


She was reported missing by a concerned colleague on December 3.




A missing poster being placed in a window of a shop in the Camberwell area

A missing poster being placed in a window of a shop in the Camberwell area yesterday (Picture: PA)

A man who had been arrested in connection with her disappearance was released on bail earlier today.


Ms Srncova’s family were said by Harriet Harman MP for Camberwell on Saturday to be ‘desperately worried’.


A Met Police spokesperson said: ‘Police have been appealing for information to trace missing senior nurse assistant Petra Srncova from Camberwell.


‘At approximately 11.40hrs on December 12 police were called by a member of the public to reports of the body of a woman that had been found in Brunswick Park.


‘Officers remain on scene at the location. At this early stage, the woman’s death is being treated as unexplained. While formal identification awaits, Petra’s family have been informed of this development.’


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