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| Suzy Lamplugh disappearance: Police search land in Pershore | Suzy Lamplugh disappearance: Police search land in Pershore |
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| Police investigating the disappearance 33 years ago of estate Suzy Lamplugh are searching land in Worcestershire following "new information". | Police investigating the disappearance 33 years ago of estate Suzy Lamplugh are searching land in Worcestershire following "new information". |
| The body of Ms Lamplugh, who disappeared from London in 1986, has never been found and her killer never charged. | The body of Ms Lamplugh, who disappeared from London in 1986, has never been found and her killer never charged. |
| Metropolitan Police officers are now searching areas of land in Pershore. | Metropolitan Police officers are now searching areas of land in Pershore. |
| Ms Lamplugh's family has been notified and police will remain at the scene until a "thorough search" is complete. | Ms Lamplugh's family has been notified and police will remain at the scene until a "thorough search" is complete. |
| A spokesperson from the Metropolitan Police added the force received new information relating to Ms Lamplugh's disappearance following the publicity around the search of a property in Sutton Coldfield in November 2018. | A spokesperson from the Metropolitan Police added the force received new information relating to Ms Lamplugh's disappearance following the publicity around the search of a property in Sutton Coldfield in November 2018. |
| Investigators searched the home in north east Birmingham - which once belonged to the mother of prime suspect John Cannan - for two weeks. | Investigators searched the home in north east Birmingham - which once belonged to the mother of prime suspect John Cannan - for two weeks. |
| Cannan, 64, who is serving a life sentence for the abduction and murder of Bristol newlywed Shirley Banks, was named as a suspect in Ms Lamplugh's murder in 2002. | Cannan, 64, who is serving a life sentence for the abduction and murder of Bristol newlywed Shirley Banks, was named as a suspect in Ms Lamplugh's murder in 2002. |
| No evidence was found in the search of the garden and garage of the semi-detached house on Shipton Road and the case was left open. | No evidence was found in the search of the garden and garage of the semi-detached house on Shipton Road and the case was left open. |
| Officers from West Mercia Police are supporting the latest search, which the Metropolitan force said was not connected to the owner of the land. | |
| The search for Ms Lamplugh - who was officially declared dead in 1994 - has come to Worcestershire before when police excavated a field near the former Norton Army Barracks on the outskirts of Worcester in 2000, 2001 and 2010. | The search for Ms Lamplugh - who was officially declared dead in 1994 - has come to Worcestershire before when police excavated a field near the former Norton Army Barracks on the outskirts of Worcester in 2000, 2001 and 2010. |
| The 2010 site is near to the latest area of interest but that search was called off after no evidence connected to the case was found. | The 2010 site is near to the latest area of interest but that search was called off after no evidence connected to the case was found. |
| The search in Pershore is expected to last about two weeks, a police spokesperson said. | |
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