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04/03/2014
Bone Found In Disappearance Case
Almost eight years after a teenager went missing in Suffolk, police have said human remains have been found.
Police investigating the disappearance of Luke Durbin have said an area in the village of Ufford has now been cordoned off following the discovery of a bone in a woodland last month.
Mr Durbin was 19 when he went missing in May 2006. He was on a night out in Ipswich when he failed to return home.
More than 100 people have been interviewed by police investigating the case, and earlier last year two men, aged 26 and 41, were arrested as part of the investigation, but were later released.
Detective Superintendent John Brocklebank has said forensic anthropologists will now examine the small piece of bone found and try to discover if it belonged to a man or woman, the age of the person and potentially, their identity. The process is expected to take several weeks to complete.
While tests have confirmed that the piece of bone is human, police said: "We have advised Luke's family of the discovery, but we are keen to stress that we cannot and will not speculate that this is Luke.
"We need to pass the work to specialists in this field to establish the identity of the bone."
(CVS/JP)
Police investigating the disappearance of Luke Durbin have said an area in the village of Ufford has now been cordoned off following the discovery of a bone in a woodland last month.
Mr Durbin was 19 when he went missing in May 2006. He was on a night out in Ipswich when he failed to return home.
More than 100 people have been interviewed by police investigating the case, and earlier last year two men, aged 26 and 41, were arrested as part of the investigation, but were later released.
Detective Superintendent John Brocklebank has said forensic anthropologists will now examine the small piece of bone found and try to discover if it belonged to a man or woman, the age of the person and potentially, their identity. The process is expected to take several weeks to complete.
While tests have confirmed that the piece of bone is human, police said: "We have advised Luke's family of the discovery, but we are keen to stress that we cannot and will not speculate that this is Luke.
"We need to pass the work to specialists in this field to establish the identity of the bone."
(CVS/JP)
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