6:46pm Friday 3rd September 2010
The parents of suspected honour killing victim Shafilea Ahmed, from Cheshire, have been bailed pending further inquiries after being questioned by police over her murder.
The Muslim teenager disappeared from her home in Warrington in 2003 and it was feared she was being forced into an arranged marriage.
Her decomposed remains were discovered in Cumbria five months later.
Her father, Iftikhar, 50, and mother, Faranza, 47, have always denied any involvement in Shafilea’s death and said they would never have forced her into a marriage she did not want.
The couple were arrested on suspicion of murder at their home but were released from custody, Cheshire Police confirmed.
A police spokesman said: “The 50-year-old man and 47-year-old woman arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of Shafilea Ahmed in 2003 have been released on bail pending further police inquiries.”
Shafilea, 17, was last seen alive, doing her homework at home, on September 11, 2003, her inquest was told.
The bright student, who hoped to become a solicitor, was reported missing a week later by a former school teacher.
Shafilea’s body was discovered after heavy floods washed away the dense undergrowth where it was hidden on the banks of the River Kent at Sedgwick, Cumbria, in February 2004.
Coroner for East and South Cumbria Ian Smith, who conducted the inquest in January 2008, concluded she suffered a “vile murder”.
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