A body found in a Tel Aviv river is that of missing four-year-old Rose Pizem, Israeli police have confirmed.
Flowers, candles and messages have already been placed on the site near where the tiny body was discovered in a suitcase by police on Thursday.
The hunt for Rose has been widely publicised across Israel.
Her grandfather, Ronny Ron, initially confessed that he had killed her, but later withdrew the statement, saying he had been coerced into making it.
Two divers retrieved a red suitcase that fitted the description given by the girl's grandfather from the Yarkon river on Thursday.
Inside it, police found Budget shoppers boosting Wal-Mart ...
Changing tastes in Czech gardens ... human remains.
The remains were sent for identification, but on Friday police confirmed that they were those of the missing girl.
Touching tributes
Near the scene of the discovery on Friday, touching tributes were being left to Rose.
One message, in what appeared to be a child's handwriting, said in French: "Rose, I love you, I miss you. God Bless you".
Nearby, flowers, chocolates and small dolls were laid out in memory of the girl.
Rose had been missing since May.
Ronny Ron, a 45-year-old taxi driver, lived near Tel Aviv with Rose's mother Marie-Charlotte Renaud, 23.
Ms Renaud had previously been married to his son Benjamin, who is Rose's father.
On Tuesday, a Tel Aviv court remanded Mr Ron and Ms Renaud in custody for 10 days.
(BBC)
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