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(IsraelNN.com) The great-grandmother of Rose Pizem, the missing four-year-old whose grandfather says he murdered her but whose body has yet to be found, will be released from house arrest Thursday after being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit the crime. Vivien Yaakov was the one who finally reported the little girl missing, but only after she had been gone more than three months.

Rose's grandfather, Ronny Ron, has confessed that he killed her and flung her body into the murky Yarkon River after stuffing it into a suitcase, but has changed his story numerous times. Police divers have repeated searched for the body but have been unsuccessful. The river flows into the Mediterranean. He and his wife, Rose's mother, are still being held.