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Friends mourn woman found dead in suitcase
Felix Allen30 Sep 2009
Friends and colleagues paid tribute today to a London care worker whose decomposed remains were found locked inside a suitcase on a farm in Kent.
Leah Questin, 37, who was from the Philippines, is thought to have been dead for a fortnight before a dog walker found the case in a dried-out pond near Rochester.
She was reported missing from her home in Cricklewood on 12 September and was last seen on a bus at Elephant & Castle.
She may have been seeing a man she met on the Gumtree website, it was reported today. A 35-year-old man from Lewisham has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Miss Questin's co-workers at Lansdowne Care Home in Cricklewood told of their shock. One said: "Leah was a good person. Everyone here is very shocked and upset. I cannot believe anyone would do such a thing."
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Mitch and Steve, think!
I knew Leah, she was sweet, trusting and too kind for her own good.
I don't think she was on a date, but that is because I think I knew her.
Mitch I wish everyone was like her. Yes people are getting horrible!
Steve, she was well educated, innocent and hard working. Why not go somewhere that you read about? A place full of history, where people are reported to be polite and fair. She loved english lit. She wanted to see Anne Hathaway's cottage in stratford.
She was murdered by a sick creature, that was not her fault!
The problem here is the killer!
- Jen, UK, 03/07/2011 21:58
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Leah's a very very good-natured person. I've known her since our days us barristers in 2001. She is my companion in every trips I made on their hometown. I was stunned and shocked upon hearing about this horrible news about my friend. Where is her remains now? I pray that justice be served for Leah.
- Miles Acoba, California, US, 12/10/2009 08:11
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Justice to Leah's death. I don't know her personally but my thoughts will always be with her and her bereaved family and friends.
- Caye, London, UK, 02/10/2009 12:00
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Leah is smart and a very loving person.The problem here is that law here in the UK is very soft to criminals that is why some people are not afraid to do such a heinous crimes. Leah will be missed by all her colleagues here at Lansdowne especially the hearts of the residents whom she has touched. We will miss you!
- Mel, London, 02/10/2009 09:50
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what is goin on in London?people wer gettin so horrible...i hope for what happened to her will b a lesson too for the people like her....
- Mitch, london, 01/10/2009 09:50
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Perhaps she would have been better off in the Philippines?God knows why everyone makes a bee line for London.What a dump.
- Steve, London, 01/10/2009 09:21
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