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| Libby Squire: Body in Humber confirmed as missing student | |
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| Police searching for Libby Squire have confirmed a body recovered from the Humber estuary is that of the missing student. | Police searching for Libby Squire have confirmed a body recovered from the Humber estuary is that of the missing student. |
| Humberside Police said the body was discovered near Grimsby docks on Wednesday afternoon. | |
| The 21-year-old University of Hull student was last seen in the early hours of 1 February after a night out. | |
| A major police inquiry saw hundreds of officers searching for Libby, who is from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. | |
| Det Supt Martin Smalley said: "A post-mortem examination commenced this afternoon and is continuing to be carried out this evening, however formal identification has now taken place and we can confirm the body recovered is that of missing woman Libby Squire." | |
| He said her family had been informed and were "receiving support from specially trained officers". | |
| Ms Squire was last seen on Beverley Road close to the junction with Haworth Street in Hull. | |
| Det Supt Smalley said: "An extensive search was carried out in the days and weeks after her disappearance, with detectives and officers working relentlessly to find Libby. | |
| "The people in Hull have shown tremendous support to Libby's family and to the officers and support staff involved in the searches and investigation." | |
| Professor Susan Lea, vice-chancellor at the University of Hull, said staff and students were "all absolutely devastated by the loss of our student, Libby Squire". | |
| "Our hearts go out to Libby's family and friends at this incredibly difficult time and we will continue to give them our full support," she added. | |
| A 24-year-old man arrested on suspicion of abduction remains under investigation, police said. | |
| Pawel Relowicz, of Raglan Street in Hull, is remanded in custody on unrelated charges of burglary, voyeurism, outraging public decency and receiving stolen goods. |