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Mystery over body found in garden | Mystery over body found in garden |
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Human remains found in a garden in Kent were unlikely to be those of a teenager who went missing in 1991, police said. | Human remains found in a garden in Kent were unlikely to be those of a teenager who went missing in 1991, police said. |
The remains were found by police looking for Dinah McNicol, who was 18 when she failed to return to her home in Essex after a trip to Hampshire. | The remains were found by police looking for Dinah McNicol, who was 18 when she failed to return to her home in Essex after a trip to Hampshire. |
Officers found personal effects at the Margate house which did not tally with information about Miss McNicol. | Officers found personal effects at the Margate house which did not tally with information about Miss McNicol. |
Police forces are being asked to provide any information about Peter Tobin, a former owner of the property. | Police forces are being asked to provide any information about Peter Tobin, a former owner of the property. |
I won't be leaving that house until I am absolutely satisfied there are no more human remains there Det Supt Tim Wills | |
It is being reported that the Scot, who is now in his 60s, is being linked with inquiries into a number of murders in the UK. | It is being reported that the Scot, who is now in his 60s, is being linked with inquiries into a number of murders in the UK. |
A police Homicide Working Group has asked forces across the UK to investigate Mr Tobin's movements over the past two decades. | A police Homicide Working Group has asked forces across the UK to investigate Mr Tobin's movements over the past two decades. |
Miss McNicol from Tillingham, Essex, vanished on the way home from a music festival in Hampshire. | |
Essex Police Det Supt Tim Wills said: "When the body was examined at the mortuary there were personal effects on the body that would lead me to think that it probably isn't Dinah McNicol. | |
"I'm waiting for scientific confirmation which could be some days away... At this time I don't believe it is Dinah McNicol. | |
"I'm still looking for Dinah McNicol, that means we are still excavating parts of the garden. | |
"There is some work going on inside the house, particularly floors being lifted. | |
"I am very interested to find out what is there, suffice to say that I won't be leaving that house until I am absolutely satisfied there are no more human remains there." |