By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline
Published: 18:47 BST, 12 June 2019 | Updated: 02:42 BST, 13 June 2019
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The final victim of the Cyprus serial killer has been found at the bottom of a lake, as a six-year-old girl's remains were discovered tied to a cement block.
The discovery on Wednesday, believed to be six-year-old Sierra Grace, brings an end to the search that began when an army captain allegedly confessed to killing seven foreign women and girls on April 25.
Nicos Metaxas, 35, has been dubbed Cyprus' first serial killer by local media and met several of his suspected victims through internet chat rooms.
Fire Department Chief Marcos Trangolas told The Associated Press that the girl's remains, wrapped in a bed sheet and tied by rope to a cement block, were found among reeds 20ft down the lake that was part of a former copper pyrite mine.
Police officials stand next to a tent where divers brought what is believed to be remains of a 6-year-old girl, near the village of Xiliatos, Cyprus on Wednesday
Police officials carry a stretcher away from the lake in Cyrpus on Wednesday - it brings the two-month long search for seven victims to a close
Nicos Metaxas, dubbed 'the first serial killer of Cyprus', is due to appear in court on Friday after he allegedly
