What happened to this attractive young girl? Who was the creep that turned her life into a nightmare?
The Sun reports a girl of 17 has been found dead three days after revealing: "I have a stalker!"
Emily Longley told pals on Facebook that a mystery man had bombarded her with calls, adding: "I'm really scared."
Last night a 19-year-old man was helping detectives with inquiries but was not under arrest.
Emily, from Auckland, New Zealand, was staying in Bournemouth, Dorset, while studying in the UK.
Last Wednesday, she wrote on the website: "Someone just called me. They were like, 'You don't know me but I know everything about you.'
"He kept asking me out. I hung up and they won't stop calling."
Emily was found dead on Saturday morning.
Yesterday, police stood guard at the £300,000 family bungalow where her body was discovered.
The stunning blonde, who studied at Brockenhurst College and had worked in Top Shop, recently flew back to the UK after Easter with her parents Caroline and Mark.
Scores of tributes were posted on Facebook. Her sister Hanny wrote: "RIP beautiful big sis xx."
A Dorset police spokesman said: "Police are investigating the unexplained death of a 17-year-old girl.
"A 19-year-old from Bournemouth is helping with inquiries.
"Next of kin and the coroner have been informed."
UPDATE: 2 Men arrested in connection to Emily Longley’s death
BBC reports Two men arrested in connection with the death of a 17-year-old girl at a bungalow in Bournemouth have been released on bail.
The girl, named locally as Emily Longley, was found dead at the home in Queenswood Avenue on Saturday morning.
Police are treating the death as "unexplained". A 19-year-old man and 17-year-old boy were arrested by police and later released on bail.
Dozens of tributes have been posted on the social networking site Facebook.
Miss Longley, who was originally from New Zealand, had been studying at Brockenhurst College.
'Million dollar smile'
In one message on Facebook her father Mark Longley said: "She was a real force for life.
"We all loved you honey. So much.
"It is so nice to see she was so loved. Thank you everyone for your kind words."
He said he was due to fly to England and is planning to hold a memorial in England and New Zealand.
Chelsea Sutherland added: "To me you will always be looking over us all with your million dollar smile."
Officers have appealed for anyone who saw suspicious or unusual activity in the area on Friday night or Saturday morning to contact police urgently.
Update 5-10-11
Hope tests will provide answers on Kiwi's death in UK
TVNZ reports Police investigating the mysterious death of a New Zealand teenager in southern England are hoping results from toxicology tests will provide crucial answers.
Mystery surrounds the death of 17-year-old Emily Longley, who is thought to have died in her sleep over the weekend in the southern town of Bournemouth.
British police will not confirm the cause of death until toxicology reports are back. An inquest has begun.
A 17-year-old and 19-year-old have been arrested, but released on bail as police continue their investigation.
Longley's "unexplained" death comes two days after the she told friends she had received frightening calls from a stalker.
ONE News today discovered the house where Longley's body was found is listed to the name Turner. Her friends told ONE News 19-year-old Elliot Turner was her boyfriend but she was not sure she still wanted to be in the relationship.
Friends said Longley moved to the United Kingdom to put her life right and was thinking of attending an English university.
She had got a job in retail and was doing well in her studies at Brockenhurst College.
"To leave her family and friends behind in New Zealand and relocate to a brand new country - I think that takes a lot of strength," said Longley's rowing coach Charlotte Robertson.
Longley's Facebook page has been flooded with tributes since the news of her passing reached New Zealand
Longley moved to England two years ago to live with her grandparents. Her closest friends say she was "really loving life over there".
She grew up on the North Shore, attending Westlake Girls High School and Takapuna Grammar School.
Longley's mother has arrived in Britain to bring her daughter's body home.
Close friend Melissa Lee told TV ONE's Close Up last night that Langley, whose nickname was Barbie, was "famous on the Shore", her friend said.
More details here
From The Daily MailWhen their teenage daughter got in with the ‘wrong crowd’ after they emigrated to New Zealand, Emily Longley’s middle-class parents sent her back to Britain to begin a new life with her grandparents.
But just seven months on, the 17-year-old aspiring model has been found dead in bed amid suggestions she overdosed on drugs or alcohol.
Her body was discovered at the detached home of her on-off boyfriend Elliot Turner, 19.
More details here
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