COPS searching for a missing 54-year-old woman have revealed her final movements as a suspect is quizzed over her 'murder'.
Claire Knights, 54, was last seen in the village of Upstreet near Canterbury, Kent on Wednesday morning.
Cops said that formal identification has not taken place but that Claire's family – who reported her missing – have been made aware.
On Thursday, a man in his 20s from Margate was arrested on suspicion of murder as cops probe the "suspicious" death.
He has since been quizzed by medical professionals.
During the search, Claire's car, a silver Suzuki, has since been found parked in Shuart Lane in St Nicholas-at-Wade near Margate.
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She is believed to have walked from there to the Minnis Bay area of Birchington, where she is reported to have been seen later that afternoon.
A post mortem examination has been completed and Kent Police’s Major Crime Department has now launched a murder investigation.
Claire was walking her dog along the beach and carried with her a "hiking rucksack" before she went missing this week.
Her white-and-brown spaniel was found wandering around on the beach on its own by police on Wednesday.
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Cops said there will be an increased police presence in the area as searches by specialist officers and enquiries by a team of detectives continue.
In a desperate appeal on Facebook, her son Elliot previously wrote: "She is a type 1 diabetic.
"If she is suffering from low blood sugar, she would appear disorientated, confused and almost drunk with slurred speech and difficulty walking. If this continues she may collapse.
"She was wearing a bikini and had with her a pink/red roll top hiking rucksack, a black dog lead which fastens around the waist, and a red and black dog collar with her phone number embroidered onto it.
"If anyone has any information please get in contact asap."
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