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| A body found in a park in Kilmarnock is believed to be that of missing Fife teenager Hazel North, police have said. | A body found in a park in Kilmarnock is believed to be that of missing Fife teenager Hazel North, police have said. |
| The remains were recovered in the Ayrshire town's Dean Park. | |
| Ms North, 19, from Dunfermline, last contacted her sister on 4 March and said she was meeting a male friend in Kilmarnock, about 60 miles away. She was reported missing on Friday. | Ms North, 19, from Dunfermline, last contacted her sister on 4 March and said she was meeting a male friend in Kilmarnock, about 60 miles away. She was reported missing on Friday. |
| Police have been questioning a man from Kilmarnock, named locally as John Davis, 25, as a witness in the inquiry. | Police have been questioning a man from Kilmarnock, named locally as John Davis, 25, as a witness in the inquiry. |
| The area where the remains were found is close to Mr Davis' house in Northcraig Road which was searched by officers on Friday. Nothing suspicious was found. | |
| The human remains were taken to the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow for a post-mortem examination to be carried out on Tuesday. | |
| Ch Supt Gillian MacDonald said: "I can confirm that as part of the ongoing Hazel North missing person inquiry, officers have carried out a detailed search and excavation of an area within Dean Park, Kilmarnock, and the body of a young woman has been found. | |
| "We believe this to be Hazel North. Hazel's family has been advised of this and officers are supporting them at this difficult time. | |
| "A full forensic examination of the site remains ongoing and a post-mortem examination will take place tomorrow to establish the exact cause of death. | |
| "I can confirm that a number of people have been spoken to in connection with the inquiry into Hazel's disappearance and these inquiries are very much ongoing." | |
| Police began the search in Dean Park on Sunday night. | Police began the search in Dean Park on Sunday night. |
| It came two days after forensic officers conducted a search of Mr Davis' house and garden in Northcraig Road. | It came two days after forensic officers conducted a search of Mr Davis' house and garden in Northcraig Road. |
| On Saturday, police made an appeal over a possible sighting of Ms North in Stranraer's Coronation Drive on Tuesday 18 March. | |
| She was understood to have previously spent time in the Stranraer area, living with family. |