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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Bones found in field are remains of Derbyshire miner who vanished in 1967

Alfred Swinscoe
Alfred Swinscoe was described by his family as a ‘hard-working and respected man’. Photograph: PA

Police have launched a murder inquiry after human remains found in a Nottinghamshire field were identified as those of a miner who vanished after a night at a pub 56 years ago.

A member of the public found the remains in farmland in Sutton-in-Ashfield in April, and Nottinghamshire police launched an appeal for information after a postmortem found that the person had been killed.

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