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Face of Stanley Park woman reconstructed

Police have produced a facial reconstruction of a woman found dead in Stanley Park.

The grim discovery was made at the walled garden area of the park on Friday, August 28 with detectives believing the victim had been there for several weeks.

It was established the first confirmed sighting of the bin bags was on July 13, six weeks before the body was recovered by a member of the public raising the alarm.

A murder investigation was launched alongside a public appeal for information in efforts to identify the women, believed to be around 70 years old at time of death.

Despite extensive lines of enquiry and 40 suggested names, no matching DNA profile or dental records were found against various databases for the deceased.

Merseyside Police have worked with Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University to produce what they believe to be a reconstructed image of the face of the woman.

Detective Superintendent Rachel Wilson said: “I am grateful for the expert work that the team have done at Face Lab have done to develop this image.

“This work takes some time to complete but we believe that we have a representative image of the woman. Now we need to know who she is.

“Do you recognise her or think you have seen her prior to 13 July? Do you have any information which could assist our enquiries?

“Please come forward and speak to us or if you don’t want to speak to the police then contact Crimestoppers anonymously.

“It is vital that we identify this woman and get the answers as to who was responsible for her murder.”

A dedicated Public Portal has also been created, allowing people to send images or footage directly to the investigation team. A link to the portal can be found here.

If you do not feel comfortable speaking to police directly, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.