Grace Millane: Backpacker’s disappearance being treated as suspected murder

The disappearance of British backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand is being treated as a suspected murder, police said.

A 26-year-old man is being questioned by detectives after he was located by police at an address in central Auckland on Saturday afternoon.

Police said they are still looking for Ms Millane, 22, who was last seen in the city on December 1, although evidence suggested she had been killed.

Her family have been left "devastated" by the development, Auckland City Police Detective Inspector Scott Beard said.

"Sadly the evidence we have gathered to this point in the inquiry has established that this is a homicide," he told a press conference.

"Grace's family have been advised of this development and they are devastated."

DI Beard added: "Obviously this means we are treating Grace's disappearance as a homicide investigation. We still do not know where Grace is. We are determined to find her and return her to her family."