A body found in Kent woodland is that of missing Sarah Everard, Scotland Yard have said.
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave made the announcement outside Scotland Yard on Friday.
Speaking to reporters, he said the body found in woodland in Kent was that of the missing 33-year-old.
Former Durham University student Ms Everard had vanished after leaving a friend's house in Clapham, London on March 3
Assistant Commissioner Ephgrave said: "As you know, on Wednesday evening detectives investigating the disappearance of Sarah Everard discovered a body secreted in woodland in Kent.
"The body has now been recovered and formal identification procedure has now been undertaken.
"I can now confirm that it is the body of Sarah Everard."
He said that Sarah Everard's family had been told this "most distressing news" and that his "thoughts and prayers, and those of the entire organisation" remain with Sarah Everard's family "at this awful time".
He added: "Specialist officers remain in constant contact with Sarah's family, and will continue to support them throughout the investigation and beyond.
"That investigation continues at a pace and we have hundreds of officers working round the clock to establish the full circumstances of Sarah's disappearance, and her murder."
The Metropolitan Police officer accused of her murder remains in custody, he added.
The suspect had to be taken to hospital on Thursday after sustaining a head injury while in custody. He was later discharged back into custody and returned to a police station.
The suspect, who is in his 40s and is part of the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, was being questioned over suspected kidnap and murder.
He was also arrested over a separate allegation of indecent exposure.
Following the arrest of the police officer, the Metropolitan Police has made a referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
A woman has also been arrested at the same location on suspicion of assisting an offender, and is in custody.
