Police are trying to piece together the movements of a woman who passed through Birmingham before being found dead on a golf course.
Officers have confirmed the body found in the grounds of a mansion has been identified as that of a missing London woman.
The discovery on January 9 in the Gogar area of the Edinburgh prompted a major police investigation involving a detailed forensic examination of the area including parts of a golf course.
Police in Scotland confirmed on Thursday the body has been identified as Saima Ahmed, who had been reported missing by her family in August last year.
The 36-year-old’s death is being treated as unexplained, the force said.
A UK-wide appeal for information was launched as officers attempt to establish the exact journey she took from London to Edinburgh and what took her to the area where her body was found off Gogarstone Road. She is understood to have passed through Birmingham - and officers are keen to find out exactly what she did and where she went in the city.
Police said they believe she most likely left her home in Wembley on the morning of August 30. They issued a timeline of her movements that day in which she had been captured on CCTV at various points. Her exact route is unknown but police believe she may have travelled to Hemel Hempstead, Birmingham and then on to Edinburgh.
She was described as Asian, about 5ft 5ins, of medium build, with shoulder-length straight dark hair. She was last seen wearing a dark long v-neck top, black trousers, black shoes and a black jacket.
