A man has appeared in court after a woman vanished in Ilford amid a murder probe launched by police.
Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, was reported missing to the Metropolitan Police last Saturday, on May 31.
She was last known to have left her home three days prior on the morning of May 29.
Today, a man known to the Colombian national appeared in court charged with her murder, as the force continue to appeal for information from the public.
Ms Mendez's disappearance was initially treated as a missing persons investigation, but was taken up by a specialist unit after further enquiries suggested she came to harm.
