A FOURTH person has been arrested on suspicion of theft and assisting an offender in a Pitsea murder where a man was found dead in a burnt-out car. 

Detectives investigating the murder of Vilson Meshi in Pitsea arrested the 46-year-old woman from Basildon this morning, Wednesday, November 30.

She has been released on bail until December 21, pending further enquiries.

An 18-year-old girl from Pitsea and a 15-year-old boy from London have also been rebailed until December 21, pending further police enquiries.

A 15-year-old boy from Enfield was released from bail without charge and faces no further action.

The body of Vilson Meshi, 30, was found in the back of his grey Audi in Pincey Mead, shortly before 5pm on Saturday February 27.

There was fire damage inside his car and his death is being treated as murder.