Garden In Kent Being Searched For Human Remains

Police investigating reports that human remains may be buried there are searching the garden of a house in Kent.

A detailed forensic examination of the garden of the three-bedroom semi-detached property in Rankine Road, Tunbridge Wells, began today.

I is believed it is in connection with a possible crime committed in the late 1950s in which a young woman died.

Police have said that the family living at the address were not connected in any way to the investigation.

"We are today beginning the search at 48 Rankine Road and I do not know at this time how long the search will take,” said Det Insp Lee Whitehead, from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate.

"We are focusing on this property after receiving information that human remains may be buried in the garden from a possible offence dating back to the late 1950s.

"It is important to see whether this piece of information will in fact lead us to a historical crime which was never reported to police at the time."

Officers have received specialist assistance from the Home Office Scientific Development Branch and from forensic scientists working within the directorate.

A mobile police station will be sited in Rankine Road for the duration of the search for anyone who has any concerns or information which they think may help detectives with their inquiries.