 Brenda Leyland was confronted by TV reporter over claims she sent abuse on Twitter about Madeleine McCann’s disappearance 
 
 A body, believed to be that of a woman accused of trolling the family of missing schoolgirl Madeleine McCann online, was found in a hotel room in Leicester on Saturday, police have said. But no direct link can be made between the incident and her death, which officers said was not being treated as suspicious. Divorcee Mrs Leyland had been identified as one of a number of online ‘trolls’ posting a series of abusive comments about Kate and Gerry McCann, by Sky News last Thursday. Brenda Leyland, 63, was confronted by a television news reporter over the claim that she used Twitter to post a series of comments attacking the McCanns , whose daughter disappeared in Portugal in 2007. On Facebook, her son Ben Leyland wrote: “I love you mum and I will miss you forever.” 
 
 In an earlier exchange on the site, Ms Leyland wrote that her son was “the loveliest son and nicest person” she had ever met, asking, “How lucky am I?” 
 
 He responded: “I’d say pretty lucky, but then again, who’d have expected anything less of my mother’s son? Brenda Leyland, from Burton Overy, Leicestershire, was accused of being one of the so-called "trolls" directing abusive messages at the McCanns. However, many are labelled with the hashtag #mccanns which allows them to be easily found and criticised the couple following the disappearance of their daughter. Among the many comments attributed to Mrs Leyland on Twitter was one that said: ‘Q ‘how long must the Mccanns suffer’ answer ‘for the rest of their miserable lives’.’ 
 
 On Friday, the day after her interview was broadcast, she disappeared from her home Leicestershire, neighbours said. Sky News said today in a statement: 'We were saddened to hear of the death of Brenda Leyland. It would be inappropriate to speculate or comment further at this time.' His interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme followed the news police were reviewing a dossier of abusive messages about the family on social media, although the Met Police said nobody had been interviewed in connection with the investigation. He described how he and his wife Kate, who live in Rothley, Leicestershire with their nine-year-old twins, did not read posts about them on the internet because it was too "upsetting". On Friday, Madeleine's father, Gerry McCann, told the BBC: "Clearly something needs to be done about the abuse on the internet. ‘I think we probably need more people charged.’ 
 
 Asked about ‘@sweepyface’, Mr McCann said: 'I haven’t read her tweets ... Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The BBC's Daniel Sandford reports following the death of Brenda Leyland 
 
 In a list of thousands of tweets, apparently sent by Mrs Leyland, none of the messages are directed personally at the McCanns, who have "no significant presence" on social media. Her home is not pictured here 
 
 Scotland Yard is currently investigating the posting online of hundreds of hate messages aimed at the McCanns, both aged 46, whose daughter disappeared during a family holiday to Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007 
 
 A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said: ‘Police were called at 1.42pm on Saturday 4 October to reports of a body of a woman in a hotel room in Smith Way, Grove Park, Leicester. ‘Officers have attended the scene and a file is being prepared for the coroner. Identification of the deceased is a matter for the coroner. Scotland Yard is currently investigating the posting online of hundreds of hate messages aimed at the McCanns, both aged 46, whose daughter disappeared during a family holiday to Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007, when she was aged three.The couple also have twins, aged nine. Brenda Leyland's body was found in the Marriott Hotel in Leicestershire - around 15 miles from her home and from the McCanns' home 
 
 Using the Twitter handle @sweepyface, Mrs Leyland posted dozens of messages attacking the McCann family 
 
 Detectives have decided to act after being given a dossier from McCann family supporters which catalogues the abusive remarks - including death threats - aimed at the couple on Twitter, Facebook and online forums. Last night, a spokesman for Marriott Hotels International Ltd said: ‘We are very sad to confirm the death of a guest at the Leicester Marriott Hotel and our thoughts go out to the family and friends of the deceased.
– A woman accused of taking part in an online hate campaign against the parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann has been found dead days after she was confronted by a reporter. Brenda Leyland, a 63-year-old described by the Daily Mail as a "church-going mother," was found in a hotel room about 15 miles from her home in Leicestershire, England, Saturday, and police say they're not treating the death as suspicious. Leyland was identified last week as one of dozens of people who had abused Kate and Gerry McCann online, and when a Sky News reporter confronted her and told her evidence had been passed to the police, she said she was "entitled" to send messages attacking them, reports the Guardian. Under the Twitter name "sweepyface," Leyland accused the McCanns of being involved in the disappearance of their 3-year-old daughter, who vanished in Portugal in 2007, and said they deserved to suffer "for the rest of their miserable lives." Last week, Gerry McCann told the BBC that "something needs to be done about the abuse on the Internet" and "I think we probably need more people charged." He said that he and Kate find online comments directed at them too upsetting to read, and that he has "grave concerns" about what will happen when their twins, now 9 years old, start using the Internet as they get older. Click for the latest in the search for Maddy.