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Murder detectives are urging people who knew a transgender escort to come forward after she was found dead in a London flat.

Vanessa Santillan's body was discovered in a first-floor flat in Fulham after she was strangled and beaten.

Now Scotland Yard is urging anyone who met the high-end escort in her final 48 hours to come forward with information.

Miss Santillan was pronounced dead at around 9.30pm on Saturday, March 28 after paramedics rushed to the scene.

Police immediately launched a murder investigation and have begun interviewing friends and neighbours.

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Tragically, just two weeks before her death, Miss Santillan posted a photo on her Facebook page where she spoke of her love of London.

The 33-year-old is thought to have worked as an escort in the capital, but police refused to comment on her profession or if it was a line of enquiry.

She was thought to be in London from her home country of Mexico, but investigators have now called on anyone who may have seen her alive on Friday of Saturday to come forward.

It is hoped they could hold vital information into what happened to the victim on the night she died.

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Detective Chief Inspector Rebecca Reeves, who is leading the investigation, said: "We want to speak to anyone who saw Vanessa on Friday or Saturday.

"We need to know why this has happened and we want help from anyone who knew her while she was in London."

A 23-year-old man was arrested in connection with the investigation, but he has since been bailed until May.

On her website, Miss Santillan writes: "I am looking to meet upscale, respectable gentlemen, of a certain calibre, who know how to treat a lady like me.

"I do not appreciate being asked impolite, personal questions over the telephone in particular.

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"In return for your graciousness you can expect the best in return."

The London Evening Standard reports that Pauline Rodgers, 45, who lives in the next block of flats, said: "Police were here for almost a week.

"I saw them carrying loads of bags out of the flats.

"They were checking where the bins are as well."