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Officers found the forearms and left leg of 17-year-old Cara Burke along the banks of a remote river near the central city of Goiania.

A labourer walking in the area found the leg on Monday, a week after Miss Burke's torso was discovered in a suitcase near a different river.

Police searching in the same area later found her forearms and head. Police inspector Carlos Raimundo Batista said that authorities were confident the body parts were Miss Burke's.

Police said 20-year-old Mohammed D'Ali Carvalho dos Santos has confessed that he dumped Cara's head and limbs in the river.

Police had earlier accused him of attempting to bribe officers 70,000 reals (about £22,000).

Officers said Santos killed the teenager, from Southfields, south-west London, because she threatened to tell his family that he was addicted to cocaine and dealing the drug.

Police said Miss Burke, who arrived in Brazil about three months ago, met Santos in London.

Police believe they were a couple until a few weeks ago, but the teenager's family have insisted that was not the case.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman could only confirm the death of a British girl, adding that her next of kin had been informed and it was providing consular assistance to the family.