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| Vinny Derrick widow 'can rest easy' after remains found | Vinny Derrick widow 'can rest easy' after remains found |
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| The widow of a man whose remains have been found under a motorway flyover more than eight years after he vanished said she could now "rest easy". | The widow of a man whose remains have been found under a motorway flyover more than eight years after he vanished said she could now "rest easy". |
| The remains of Vinny Derrick, 29, from Partington, Greater Manchester, were found near junction 3 of the M60 near Cheadle at 11:45 GMT on Wednesday. | The remains of Vinny Derrick, 29, from Partington, Greater Manchester, were found near junction 3 of the M60 near Cheadle at 11:45 GMT on Wednesday. |
| The father-of-one, originally from Leicestershire, was last seen on a night out in Manchester in August 2003. | The father-of-one, originally from Leicestershire, was last seen on a night out in Manchester in August 2003. |
| Vicki Derrick said: "I always wanted to believe that this day would come." | Vicki Derrick said: "I always wanted to believe that this day would come." |
| 'Toughest years' | |
| She said being told the remains belonged to her husband was when all of her worst nightmares had come true. | She said being told the remains belonged to her husband was when all of her worst nightmares had come true. |
| Mr Derrick had been out at Jabez Clegg in the city centre with colleagues on the night he went missing. | Mr Derrick had been out at Jabez Clegg in the city centre with colleagues on the night he went missing. |
| He had called his boss to tell her he was getting a taxi to her house in Heald Green, Stockport, where he was due to stay the night, but he never arrived. | He had called his boss to tell her he was getting a taxi to her house in Heald Green, Stockport, where he was due to stay the night, but he never arrived. |
| Police believed he got out of the taxi near the A34 in Handforth. | Police believed he got out of the taxi near the A34 in Handforth. |
| Officers said the remains were found by two Highways Agency workers who were clearing graffiti from under the motorway bridge. | Officers said the remains were found by two Highways Agency workers who were clearing graffiti from under the motorway bridge. |
| They spotted what they thought was a football but it turned out to be skeletal remains. | They spotted what they thought was a football but it turned out to be skeletal remains. |
| Police said there was nothing to suggest the body had been buried. They are still not sure if Mr Derrick died in suspicious circumstances and are continuing to examine the scene. | |
| Speaking at a press conference, Mrs Derrick, now of Long Eaton, Derbyshire, said: "I was never going to be satisfied until Vinny was found. | Speaking at a press conference, Mrs Derrick, now of Long Eaton, Derbyshire, said: "I was never going to be satisfied until Vinny was found. |
| "I was never going to give up, I always wanted to believe that this day would come." | "I was never going to give up, I always wanted to believe that this day would come." |
| She continued: "I keep saying whatever happened, happened on that night, and I can now rest easy with the fact I have always believed that. | She continued: "I keep saying whatever happened, happened on that night, and I can now rest easy with the fact I have always believed that. |
| 'Such a shock' | |
| "There are lots of questions that I have and I am waiting to be answered. | "There are lots of questions that I have and I am waiting to be answered. |
| "The past eight years have been the toughest eight years of my life and it hasn't been easy. | "The past eight years have been the toughest eight years of my life and it hasn't been easy. |
| "It is quite ironic that we have now found Vinny and the struggle that I had all last year trying to get the presumption of death certificate... it's a bit ironic that now he has been found." | "It is quite ironic that we have now found Vinny and the struggle that I had all last year trying to get the presumption of death certificate... it's a bit ironic that now he has been found." |
| Mr Derrick's mother, Dawn Kelsall, said: "It is a relief but, as Victoria says, it's very, very hard. | |
| "Yes, we have wanted this answer for a long time but it was such a shock. It came out of the blue. You are going about your normal life and it was such a shock. | |
| "It is just like it was eight years ago. Just as hard. | |
| "There is not a week that goes by, in the eight years that we have gone through, that you don't think 'Is something going to come up? I wish they'd find him'. | |
| "And it is just such a shock now at how they have found him." |