There is not enough evidence to issue a European Arrest Warrant for Arnis Zalkalns, the prime suspect in the disappearance of Alice Gross, the Met Police has said.
If the Latvian has returned to his home country he would also be able to stay there as a free man, the force admitted.
A reconstruction of the last-known movements of the teenager will take place on Thursday - four weeks after the 14-year-old went missing.
Police divers found a knife in the River Brent Detectives are hoping it could throw up vital clues from anyone who saw her walking alongside the Grand Union Canal in west London.
Convicted killer Zalkalns disappeared at the start of the month and UK police are in Latvia trying to track him down.
Searches have taken place in miles of canals Police and divers are also continuing to search through the River Brent near Ealing Hospital after a knife - currently undergoing forensic testing - was found in the area earlier this week.
The search is the biggest since the 7/7 bombings in London, with 600 officers pursuing more than 700 lines of enquiry, and more than 1,000 people having been spoken to.
The whereabouts of Arnis Zalkalns are unknown Thursday's reconstruction will see a police cadet walk the canal-side route that Alice took on August 28 in the hope witnesses could remember a small, but potentially important detail.
CCTV recorded the teenager as she made her way back to her home in the Hanwell area of west London, and also filmed Zalkalns cycling past the same spot 15 minutes later.
The labourer was seen on CCTV 15 minutes after Alice passed the same spot Detectives believe he is likely to have seen Alice as they were both going north along the towpath.
The Latvian has not entered his homeland by plane but could have made his way there by road.
Zalkalns, who served seven years in prison for killing his wife and burying her in a forest after a dispute about her sexuality, has not been seen since September 3 and has not used his phone or bank account.
Alice was last seen on August 28 The labourer was also arrested on suspicion of indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the UK in 2009, but no further action was taken.
Scotland Yard, meanwhile, has said it is reviewing the early stages of the investigation after coming under fire for being too slow to ask Latvian authorities for help.
A reward of up to £20,000 is being offered for anyone who has information that leads detectives to find Alice.
Zalkalns is white, 5ft 10ins and stocky, with dark brown hair that he normally wears tied in a ponytail.
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