Police encouraged by Amelie calls

Pc Sarah Swift carried out the reconstruction

Police are following up over 100 calls from the public after a reconstruction of murdered French student Amelie Delagrange's last-known movements.

Miss Delagrange, 22, was attacked on Twickenham Green, south-west London, just after 2200 BST on 19 August.

Her last steps were retraced by Pc Sarah Swift on Thursday, who was wearing clothes identical to Amelie's.

Scotland Yard said it was encouraged by the response and would be assessing the calls for any potential new leads.

A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "We have had more than a hundred calls.

"We are following them all up and assessing everything to see if anything comes out of it."

'Brutally ended'

Miss Delagrange's family have said her life was ended by "the mad actions of a predator".

Her parents, Jean-Francois and Dominique, and sister Virginie, spoke of their grief after Miss Delagrange was bludgeoned to death.

In a statement the family, who are in the UK, said: "Her radiance and joy of living, described by her friends, was brutally ended at 22-years-old by the mad actions of a predator.

"The news that we have heard has brought us indescribable pain and has devastated our family."

Amelie Delagrange's last movements

The French student came to London to improve her English

Detectives staged the reconstruction in the hope witnesses might remember seeing anything suspicious on the night of 19 August.

The French student came to London two months ago to improve her English and worked at a delicatessen in Richmond, south west London.

She had been drinking at Cristalz wine bar with four friends on the evening of her murder.

Miss Delagrange was dressed in a white zip-up cardigan, red vest top, white three-quarter-length trousers, white backless trainers with a pink stripe and a chain around her neck at the time of her disappearance.

Police said one of her female friend's eye-catching magenta-coloured hair may have caught the attention of passers-by.

Miss Delagrange took a number 267 bus marked Fulwell at 2139 BST to get home.

She is understood to have her stop and after the bus terminated she started to walk home.

CCTV footage shows Amelie approaching Twickenham Green at around 2200 BST.

Detectives believe she went over a zebra crossing next to a primary school and straddled a 2ft white fence onto the green.

The killer struck about halfway across a cricket pitch, as Amelie made her way over to the other side.

AMELIE'S LAST MOVEMENTS

1. Got on bus after leaving the wine bar 2139 BST
2. Arrived Fulwell Bus Garage 2145 BST
3 & 4. Seen at 2151 BST and 2159 BST
5. Body found 2226 BST

Return to text