VIDEO: Murder victim found 'naked and concealed' in Parkgate stream bed

"VULNERABLE" murder victim Alena Grlakova was found “naked and concealed” in a dried stream bed just yards from where she was last seen 15 weeks ago.

The body of the mother-of-four was found by a police search team on Monday in Taylor’s Lane, Parkgate, close to where she was last seen on Boxing Day.

Det Chief Insp Mark Oughton said he would be applying for a second extension to question a 45-year-old Rotherham man, who was arrested on suspicion of her murder on Wednesday. He remained in custody this afternoon.

A post-mortem examination has proved inconclusive and further tests will be carried out to establish the cause of death.

Mr Oughton said he believed Mrs Grlakova had been killed on Boxing Day and investigators were trying to establish if she had been killed at the stream or in another location and deposited at the site.

“She was naked and concealed under the stream bed,” said Mr Oughton, who said the area had previously been searched.

"There’ have been 60 further sightings following recent appeals," he said. "All lines had to be investigated, hundreds of hours of CCTV had to be looked at and there was some idea she might have wanted to leave the country around Christmas time.”

Mr Oughton said Mrs Grlakova had been leading a “chaotic and transient lifestyle” which had made her “vulnerable”.

Mrs Grlakova was last seen on CCTV leaving The Traveller’s Inn on Rawmarsh Hill, Parkgate, at around 7pm on Boxing Day. A man she was seen leaving with has been traced and eliminated from police enquiries.

But Mr Oughton said he was keen to trace another man who wished Mrs Grlakova, and the man she was with ‘Merry Christmas’ on Scrooby Lane.

Mr Oughton said after this greeting, Mrs Grlakova had turned back and gone towards the Fitzwilliam Arms with the unknown man.

“They have walked back in the direction of Parkgate roundabout,” he added.

“The last sighting of her was at 10.30pm close to Parkgate roundabout, near the Fitzwilliam Arms.”

The man she was with at the time is described as stocky build, 30-50 years old and was wearing a dark coat and a hood.

He added: “We want to appeal to this man to come forward. Where did Alena go after Scrooby Lane?”

Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting incident number 453 of April 8, call the incident room directly on 01709 443540 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.