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Police say human remains have been found in the search for missing teenager Leah Croucher, who vanished more than three years ago.
Ms Croucher was 19 when she was reported missing on 15 February 2019 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
Thames Valley Police said a rucksack and other personal possessions belonging to her had also been found after a tip-off on Monday.
Officers are still searching the house on Loxbeare Drive in the Furzton area of Milton Keynes – less than half a mile from where she went missing.
Ms Croucher vanished while walking to work – the last sighting of her was at around 8.15am on Buzzacott Lane.
Detective Chief Superintendent Ian Hunter described the property being searched as a “very difficult scene” and said a murder investigation had begun.
Ms Croucher’s family are being kept updated and supported.
Hundreds of officers have worked on the search since 2019, scouring 1,200 hours of CCTV and carrying out 4,000 house-to-house inquiries, police said.
Specialist search teams, police on horseback, dogs, the marine unit and the National Police Air Service have all been involved.
Image: She was last seen just after 8.15am on 15 February 2019. Pic: Thames Valley Police
Mr Hunter said: “The call from the member of the public that we received on Monday was the first occasion that we were alerted to this address, and we thank them for contacting us immediately to report their concerns.
“Our thoughts remain with Leah’s family and friends, and we will continue to offer them all the support that they need.”
In an appeal a year after her disappearance, her parents Claire and John Croucher described the family’s heartbreak and said they feared someone had taken her.
Ms Croucher was described as “very quiet” and “not really an outgoing type of person”, who preferred reading fantasy fiction or watching DVDs in her room than socialising.
She competed internationally in taekwondo, but her father said she was “not a fighter”.
There was more tragedy when Miss Croucher’s brother Haydon died age 24 in November 2019 – nine months after she went missing.
His mother said he’d found the disappearance of his sister “very difficult”.
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