The inquest into the death of Sarah Everard has been opened.
The parents, brother and sister of the 33-year-old were in court at County Hall in Maidstone, Kent to hear proceedings on Thursday, conducted by senior coroner Patricia Harding.
The inquest was opened and then adjourned pending the outcome of criminal proceedings.
It comes after a second post-mortem examination was carried out on Ms Everard’s body when the first proved inconclusive, police said.
Ms Everard went missing on March 3 while walking home after visiting a friend in south London.
Her body was found in woodland near Ashford in Kent a week later, and serving police officer Wayne Couzens 48, from Deal, also in Kent, has been charged with her murder.
Elsewhere in the county, a large police presence has been seen in the town of Sandwich as officers continue to search for clues.
On Monday, police were seen searching a shopping trolley shelter outside a Co-operative supermarket and looking under vehicles.
Meanwhile, specialist divers have been called up from Devon and Cornwall and have been combing a small stretch of water.
