The woman, who has not been named but is from Corby in Northamptonshire, and police she may have been the victim of a "targeted incident".

A murder investigation has been launched after a woman’s body was found in the boot of a car in east London. The body of the 24-year-old, from Corby in Northamptonshire, was found in the boot of a car in Brisbane Road, Ilford, shortly after midnight on Thursday.

Woman’s body found in boot of car in London - Police say the woman from Corby in Northamptonshire, may have been the victim of a ‘targeted incident’

A murder investigation has been launched after a woman's body was found inside the boot of a vehicle. Northamptonshire Police was contacted regarding a welfare concern for a woman in Corby, Northamptonshire, which led to the discovery of a body in Ilford, east London.

A woman’s body has been found stuffed inside the boot of a car in east London. The woman, from Corby nearly 100 miles away in Northamptonshire, may have been the victim of a ‘targeted incident’, police there said. Officers were called last Wednesday by someone expressing concern for her welfare.

Two police forces investigating after woman found dead in car boot - Northamptonshire Police is working with the Metropolitan Police after the discovery in east London.

Police were called to Sturton Walk on the Lincoln Estate, Corby, after a concern for the welfare of the woman was raised on Wednesday (November 13). Their enquiries took them to Ilford, East London, where they linked with Metropolitan Police officers who discovered the woman’s body in the boot of a car.