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THE tormented family of a missing 15-year-old feared murdered by Fred West are very sad police found no body buried under a cafe.
The latest development means the mystery surrounding Mary Bastholm s 53-year disappearance continues.
Mary Bastholm was last seen in 1968
West was a regular at the café where Mary worked as a waitress
The schoolgirl was last seen on 6 January 1968 waiting for a bus to go and see her boyfriend.
She is believed to have been murdered by depraved Fred West, who was a regular at the Clean Plate cafe in Gloucester where she worked as a waitress, but police have found no remains.
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image captionContractors unloaded a power drill, as well as other equipment, on Wednesday
Police searching for a suspected victim of serial killer Fred West have entered day two of excavation work at a cafe.
Mary Bastholm, 15, who worked at the Pop-In Cafe in Gloucester, went missing in 1968.
Police started excavating the cellar on Wednesday after finding possible evidence suggesting her body might be buried there.
Gloucestershire Police said experts were focusing on six areas beneath a toilet floor.
The noise of power drills could be heard coming from inside the cafe, now called The Clean Plate, on Southgate Street and contractors have been seen unloading other equipment, such as shovels.
Police have released video of the gloomy Gloucester cellar they are excavating in the hunt for the remains of suspected Fred West victim 15-year-old Mary Bastholm.