Surprised by Joy

On August 28th 2014, 14 year old Alice Gross left her family home to meet some friends at around 1pm. She had told her parents that she would be home later that evening, but she never returned. The eventual search operation launched was the largest deployment of Metropolitan police officers since the 7/7 London bombing attack eleven years earlier. 

But it was too late.

Sources:

Videos:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkNDncxap6s

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EgfCNQSiuM

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2hjNClxeWQ

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcCv4E6-558

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H_JyKouTF0

Articles:

1. https://closeronline.co.uk/real-life/news/missing-alice-gross-chilling-final-footage-captures-convicted-murderer-following-teenager/

2. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/16/gross-police-missing-latvian

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Alice_Gross

4. https://news.sky.com/story/missing-teen-alice-gross-bag-found-by-police-10390898

5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29156578

6. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/alice-gross-murder-alices-body-was-found-wrapped-in-bag-and-weighted-down-9787821.html

7. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1350252/mum-of-murdered-schoolgirl-alice-gross-blasts-border-controls-after-her-daughter-was-killed-by-convicted-killer/

8. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29438682 - Timeline

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10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29568792

11. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/more-time-to-question-alice-suspect-30569338.html

12. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/11/revealed-alice-gross-argued-against-banning-foreign-criminals-before-her

13. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/gallery/alice-gross-disappearance-timeline-events-4300682

14. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/27/mother-murdered-girl-alice-gross-lost-faith-uks-ability-protect-citizens

15. https://alice-poppymadeleine-gross.muchloved.com/Fundraising

16. https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/convicted-murderer-arnis-zalkalns-lured-7800253

17. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29328591

18. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alice-gross-missing-latvian-man-arnis-zalkalns-considered-suspect-as-cctv-shows-him-cycling-on-same-9740113.html

19. https://www.itv.com/news/london/2016-06-29/man-believed-to-have-murdered-alice-gross-walked-into-britain-unchecked/

20. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29735749

21. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11181687/Alice-Gross-funeral.html

22. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/01/body-found-river-alice-gross-police

23. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29446037

24. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29452363

25. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/27/alice-gross-murder-arnis-zalkalns

26. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3662106/Teenager-Alice-Gross-14-tied-foetal-position-naked-apart-one-sock-drugged-killed-sexually-motivated-attack.html

27. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36687361

28. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11371660/Alice-Gross-Killer-calmly-bought-beer-after-crushing-the-teenager-to-death-in-a-sex-attack.html

29. https://www.newstoday.co.uk/2016/06/alice-gross-inquest/

30. https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Gross-2016-0488.pdf

31. https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/alice-gross/

32. https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/news/press-releases-and-statements/inquest-death-alice-gross-family-calls-careful-targeted-reform

33. https://www.itv.com/news/london/2016-06-27/family-of-alice-gross-have-waited-almost-two-years-for-the-inquest-into-her-death/

34. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29522721

35. https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/news/blog/inquest-death-alice-gross-another-example-human-rights-act-delivering-truth-justice-and

36. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11140963/Alice-Gross-body-of-suspect-Arnis-Zalkalns-found-in-London.html

37. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/518765/Alice-Gross-murder-suspect-Arnis-Zalkalns-found-dead

38. https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/arnis-zalkalns-likely-took-life-10054612

39. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/alice-gross-funeral-family-say-they-find-it-impossible-understand-her-appalling-death-9813767.html