Margate house body formally identified

Human remains found buried in the back garden of a house in Kent were those of missing teenager Dinah McNicol, Essex police said yesterday. Confirmation that the 18- year-old's remains had been buried at the house in Margate for 16 years came a day...

Human remains found buried in the back garden of a house in Kent were those of missing teenager Dinah McNicol, Essex police said yesterday.

Confirmation that the 18- year-old's remains had been buried at the house in Margate for 16 years came a day after the student's father, Ian McNicol, visited the scene in a bid to help his grief.

The police said DNA had helped the identification. A search inside the house was continuing and would probably last the rest of the week.

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