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Forensic archaeologists searching a cafe for Fred West victim Mary Bastholm have removed the fireplace in the cellar.
Forensic teams continue to work around the premises of the Clean Plate Cafe in Southgate Street, Gloucester, with the hunt entering its third day.
Fred West was a regular at the eatery and may even have laid the concrete floor after Mary Bastholm vanished 53 years ago, aged 15.
Three forensic archaeologists at the Clean Plate are using geophysical survey equipment, requiring the fireplace needs to be dismantled, police have confirmed. They are using geophysical survey equipment and in order for this work to be done a fireplace needs to be dismantled, a spokesperson said.
Fred West: Forensic archaeologists look for Mary Bastholm in cafe cellar Lizzie Edmonds
Forensic archaeologists have started searching a cafe basement for the body of Mary Bastholm - a suspected victim of Fred West.
Ms Bastholm, 15, worked at The Clean Plate in Southgate Street, Gloucester. She has not been seen since 6 January 1968.
Ms Bastholm went missing on her way to the bus stop. She was due to visit her boyfriend.
On Friday last week, officers were called to the venue over suspicions her body might be buried there.
The dig was sparked by a documentary crew who used a “ground-penetrating radar” and sniffer dogs to look for human remains at the cafe.
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image captionMary Bastholm used to work at the cafe in Southgate Street where Fred West was a regular customer
Forensic archaeologists have begun examining a cafe basement in the search for suspected Fred West victim, Mary Bastholm.
The 15-year-old, who worked at the now-called Clean Plate in Gloucester, went missing in the city on 6 January 1968.
Officers say the work, involving geophysical survey equipment, means dismantling a fireplace at the scene.
Miss Bastholm s then boyfriend Tim Merrett said he did not think she would be found there.
She went missing on her way to catch a bus to visit Mr Merrett.