Canning Town: second woman found dead in freezer 'was on path to getting life on track'

Police at the scene where the bodies were found in Canning Town
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A woman found dead in a freezer in a London flat had been trying to turn her life around when she disappeared, it emerged today.

Police named Henriett Szucs, 34, as the second of two women discovered murdered in a chest freezer in Canning Town last month.

She last made contact with her family in a phone call in the summer of 2016 and detectives are trying to establish if that was the last time she was seen or heard from alive.

A post mortem has found that Ms Scucs and missing mother-of-three Mihrican Mustafa suffered multiple injuries before their bodies were hidden in the freezer.

Today Sonia Lynch, manager of the Welcome Centre for the homeless in Ilford, said the 34-year-old had been homeless but was taking steps to get her life back on track.

Henriett Szucs was named as one of the victims found in a freezer in Canning Town
Met Police

The charity worker added: “She was warm and positive. She had a difficult early life and problems as an adult but was on the right path. She was never any trouble and was always upbeat and friendly.”

She said Ms Szucs had been chosen to go on a two day retreat with the Welcome Centre “such was her positive attitude and potential to get her life on track.”

Mihrican Mustafa, aged 38, has been identified as one of the women found in a freezer in Canning Town
Met Police

Ms Lynch added: “She had no chip on her shoulder she just got on with life. To hear how she ended up is such a shock to us. The last time I saw her she cane here for a good voucher but was living with a friend in Ilford and seemed happy and healthy. To get the news of how she ended up is heartbreaking.”

The women’s bodies were found by police in the flat in the flat in Vandome Close last month.

Zahid Younis, 34, who lived in the flat, appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court last week charged with two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body on or before April 27.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Kingston Crown Court on May 29.

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