Tributes have today been paid to a churchgoing pensioner whose decapitated body was found more than 200 miles from her London home.
Mee Kuen Chong, 67, was found dead in woods near Salcombe in Devon on Sunday, after initially going missing from her Wembley home more than a fortnight ago.
Police, who are treating her death as 'unexplained', say Ms Chong's body was found without her head.
Officers believe her body had been there for 'some days' before it was discovered by a passing dog-walker.
Today Devon and Cornwall Police refused to give any more details about the investigation - including whether or not Ms Chong's head had been recovered.
Meanwhile, detectives in London were today seen leaving the pensioner's semi-detached home in Wembley, where she was last seen on June 10.
Neighbours say Ms Chong, also known as 'Deborah', shared the two-storey home with a lodger.
Above the door of the property, in a quiet residential street, two religious crosses are carved into stones along with the words 'Agape selfless love for all.'
One local resident, who did not want to be identified, said: 'We knew her well, as you would any neighbour. She's a member of a church, very religious.
Mee Kuen Chong, 67, was found dead in woods near Salcombe in Devon on Sunday, after going missing from her Wembley home more than a fortnight earlier
Police at the scene where Ms Chong was found dead in woods near Salcombe in Devon on Sunday
Ms Chong lived in a property in Wembley, north west London, but was found dead 200 miles away in Devon
'She would come round for tea, have a chat, she was regularly in conversation with my wife. We were shocked to find out she was dead.'
The man described Ms Chong as 'eccentric', 'but pleasant'. He also said Ms Chong had difficulty walking.
He added: 'She's never gone missing before. She doesn't go away at all. You wonder how someone who was struggling to walk managed to get down to Devon.
'Finding out about the manner in which she was found is scary, not knowing whether that happened here or there or what.'
'I understand the police have to keep things quiet, but to not know what happened to a neighbour is scary.'
Beryl Creary, 87, another neighbour, said: ''We just talked and would say "hello".
'She was a church fanatic. She did singing in her house. She had lived here for quite a while; it was about 20 years. I have lived here for about 40 years. I don't know is she had any family or anything.'
She added: 'She was quite pleasant; she would call you when she was walking by and stop to talk. She wasn't one of those selfish people.
'She didn't look like the sort of person who would get into things. We're living in a funny world, aren't we? How sad.'
Shabina Akram, 42, who lives opposite, described her death as 'A horrible shock', while another neighbour, who wished to remain anonymous, said: 'She kept very much herself to herself.
