Bones found at home of wife missing for 37 years
Mum, 25, had chemotherapy, a double mastectomy & implants before doctors told her she didn’t have the disease in first place
MYSTERY Brenda Venables POLICE are awaiting test results to find out if bones found in a septic tank are those of a farmer’s wife who vanished 37 years ago.
Workmen found the remains last Friday at the former marital home of Brenda Venables, 48, who disappeared in 1982.
Det Chief Insp Carl Moore said: “We are committed to identifying who this is.”
Brenda ran a nursery at Quaking House Farm in Kempsey, Worcs, with her husband, David, 86. He sold the property in 2014.
She was classed as a missing person and her husband was never arrested. Yesterday he refused to comment.
In 1982 he told his local newspaper: “I just woke up to find she had gone.”
Police said they had “multiple lines of inquiry” but ruled out a link to the hunt for estate agent Suzy Lamplugh seven miles away earlier this month. A MUM who was wrongly told she had breast cancer endured a double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery and chemotherapy.
Sarah Boyle, 28, was misdiagnosed in 2016 but by the time they realised their mistake she had undergone surgery.
The mum was unable to breastfeed her seven-month-old son Louis and has been told her breast implants may put her at risk of developing cancer.
Sarah said: “The past few years have been incredibly difficult.
“Being told I had cancer was awful, but then to go through the treatment and surgery to be told it was unnecessary was traumatising. While I was delighted when I gave birth to Louis, it was heartbreaking when I couldn’t breastfeed.
“I’m worried about developing cancer and complications because of chemotherapy. I need answers on what is being done to make sure nobody else suffers in the same way.”
Sarah, of Stoke-onTrent, Staffs, who lives with husband Steven, 31, and sons Teddy, three, and Louis, has instructed lawyers.
They have secured an admission of liability from University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. Sarah Sharples, of Irwin Mitchell solicitors, said: “This is a truly shocking case. We are yet to hear if improvements have been put in place to prevent something like this happening again. “We are deeply concerned following reports surrounding the implants Sarah has, with suspicions over their potential link to a rare form of cancer.” The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust said: “A misdiagnosis of this kind is exceptionally rare and we understand how devastating this has been. In addition to an unreserved apology, the findings of the investigation Husband Steven have been shared with her and the case is part of a legal claim with which the Trust is co-operating fully.
“The misreporting of the biopsy was a human error so as an extra safeguard all invasive cancer diagnoses are now reviewed by a second pathologist.
“Sarah continues to be in regular contact with the team who treated her.”
In February 2017, call centre worker Sarah told the Sunday Mirror how she believed her son Teddy had saved her life by refusing to breastfeed.
She went to her GP and was diagnosed with cancer. She said at the time: “He is my hero. If it hadn’t been for him I’d never have suspected I had cancer.”