A sex offender who killed himself while on the run from police has been named as the prime suspect in the murder of a teenager. Leah Croucher disappeared while walking to work in Furzton, Milton Keynes in 2019.
Earlier this week, detectives searching for Leah found human remains at a home in Loxbeare Drive, Furzton. They have now named Neil Maxwell, who had previous convictions for sex offences, as the prime suspect in her murder.
Maxwell died in April 2019, two months after the 19-year-old went missing. At the time of his death, he was being pursued by officers over an alleged sexual assault in November 2018, Thames Valley Police said.
