The search for a Japanese woman who vanished early last month in the Vancouver area came to a grim conclusion Friday after police announced they had found her body.

A suspect in the death, William Schneider, 48, was arrested hours after the body of 30-year-old Natsumi Kogawa was found Wednesday night on the grounds of a vacant historic mansion.

Surveillance footage released by the authorities last week showed Kogawa, from Aomori Prefecture, walking with Schneider in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 8.