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| Remains of five found on Jersey | Remains of five found on Jersey |
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| Remains of at least five children aged between four and 11 have been found in the search of a former children's home in Jersey, police have said. | |
| However, officers say there is unlikely to be a murder inquiry because an exact date cannot be put on the remains. | However, officers say there is unlikely to be a murder inquiry because an exact date cannot be put on the remains. |
| So far police have found 65 milk teeth and more than 100 bone fragments at the former Haut de la Garenne home. | So far police have found 65 milk teeth and more than 100 bone fragments at the former Haut de la Garenne home. |
| About 100 people have made allegations of abuse at the home between the early 1960s and 1986. | About 100 people have made allegations of abuse at the home between the early 1960s and 1986. |
| Evidence 'lacking' | Evidence 'lacking' |
| Police experts have said the condition of the teeth meant they could only have come out after death. | Police experts have said the condition of the teeth meant they could only have come out after death. |
| Two pieces of the bone fragments have been identified so far, one from a child's leg and another from inside a child's ear. | Two pieces of the bone fragments have been identified so far, one from a child's leg and another from inside a child's ear. |
| Police have evidence the remains were burned, and that attempts were made to conceal them in the late 1960s or early 1970s. | Police have evidence the remains were burned, and that attempts were made to conceal them in the late 1960s or early 1970s. |
| Deputy Chief Officer Lenny Harper, who is leading the investigation, told BBC Radio 5 Live: "At the end of the day there may not be the evidence there to mount a homicide inquiry and an attempt to bring anybody to justice for whatever crimes took place there." | Deputy Chief Officer Lenny Harper, who is leading the investigation, told BBC Radio 5 Live: "At the end of the day there may not be the evidence there to mount a homicide inquiry and an attempt to bring anybody to justice for whatever crimes took place there." |
| However, the extensive police search has produced valuable evidence for the cases of alleged abuse of children at the home. | However, the extensive police search has produced valuable evidence for the cases of alleged abuse of children at the home. |