A funeral date has been set for 61-year-old Trowbridge grandmother Antonietta Guarino, who was found dead in the river Avon in Bradford on Avon at the end of February.

Mrs Guarino's son and daughter, who live in Chertsey, Surrey, have invited her close friends and anyone who knew her to attend the funeral service at St Annes Roman Catholic Church in Eastworth Road, Chertsey, on Wednesday, March 25 at midday.

A private family burial will follow the service at Addlestone Cemetery in Green Lane, Addlestone.

Mrs Guarino, of Osborne Road, was last seen alive on January 7.

Police launched a missing person inquiry following her disappearance, which rapidly turned into a murder inquiry.

More than 100 officers worked on the inquiry at its peak, with several areas searched for evidence, including the area around Virgin Mobile's headquarters in Trowbridge, the landfill site at Lower Compton, bins around Charlotte Square and the Hilperton Gap.

Police later called in divers from Avon and Somerset Police to search the river Avon at Bradford on Avon following 'specific intelligence'.

The search was hampered by extreme weather conditions and Mrs Guarino's body was eventually found by Bradford resident Ron Lutman, 200 metres downstream of the weir at Greenland Mills.

A post mortem examination determined she had died from severe multiple 'blunt injuries' to the head.

*Two men have been charged with Mrs Guarino's murder -her 24-year-old lodger Marc Riley and his boyfriend 19-year-old David Carr-Burstow, who is of no fixed abode.

Both remain in custody awaiting their next appearance at Bristol Crown Court. They have not entered a plea to the charge of murder.