Human remains have been discovered in a park in Croydon, police have said, and the incident is being treated as murder.

Officers said they were called to Rowdown Fields, New Addington, on 2 April shortly after 9am, after receiving a report of the discovery.

The remains were sent away for analysis, before being confirmed as human remains.

Police said they “currently believe the remains belong to one victim”.

“Samples have been sent away for urgent forensic analysis and I anticipate that a special post-mortem examination will take place later this week,” Detective Inspector Martin Thorpe, from the Met Police’s Specialist Crime Command, said.

“We are not going to give specific details on our search of the area, but I can confirm that since yesterday we have recovered further remains.

“After consultation with a forensic anthropologist, we are certain that these are human.

“At this time, our search is not complete, and so local people will continue to see officers in the area.”

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