Police searching for missing Leah Croucher identified human remains less than a mile from her home and on the route she walked every day to work, it has emerged.
Forensic examinations are ongoing in Loxbeare Drive, Milton Keynes, where a blue and white forensic tent was erected on Monday following a phone call from a concerned member of the public.
Thames Valley Police say examinations are likely to continue “for some time” as a murder inquiry was launched.