A London man has been charged with murdering a student who was found dead in the boot of a burned-out car.
Christopher Jeffrey-Shaw, 26, from Beckenham, is accused of killing 21-year-old Janet Muller.
Firefighters found Miss Muller’s body in the back of a badly-burned Volkswagen which had been dumped in a road by Ifield Golf Club, West Sussex, the day after she went missing from a nearby hospital.
Miss Muller was a University of Brighton student studying at the Eastbourne campus.
Police were initially unable to determine the gender of her body but a post-mortem examination later found it was a woman who had died from smoke inhalation.
Detective Chief Inspector Karen Mizzi, of the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team, said: "Specially trained officers are supporting Janet's family at this extremely difficult time.
"Although we have charged a man with murder, I am appealing for information from anyone who may have seen Janet on Thursday night 12th of March. She was last seen at Mill View at 10.15pm.
"If anyone saw her leaving the hospital or walking in the area, we need to hear from you."
Jeffrey-Shaw, of Lakeside, Beckenham, south-east London, has been remanded in custody to appear at Guildford Magistrates' Court tomorrow.
