A man has appeared in court charged with murdering 34-year-old Reanne Coulson.
Mohammed Durnion, 42, was remanded in custody at Coventry Magistrates’ Court ahead of another hearing at Warwick Crown Court on Tuesday.
Ms Coulson hasn’t been seen since May, but police believe a body found yesterday in woods near Coventry is hers.
Adam Moore, 38, also appeared at the same court and is charged with assisting an offender
Detective Superintendent Jim Munro, from West Midland Police, said: “We’ve been focused on doing all we can to find Reanne and our thoughts remain with her family at this deeply distressing time.
“While formal identification still needs to take place we do believe it is Reanne.
“We’ve charged a man with murder, and another for assisting an offender, but our inquiries to establish exactly what happened and why are ongoing.”
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Ms Coulson was last seen leaving a food bank near St Mary and Benedict Church in Coventry on 21 May, and her family reported her missing when she failed to make contact with them on her birthday on 17 June.
Dozens of police and dogs had been searching for her before the body was found on Friday afternoon in Binley Woods.