Mystery of missing student Libby, 21: Body pulled out of estuary 7 weeks on
POLICE investigating the disappearance of student Libby Squire are trying to identify a body found in the Humber Estuary yesterday.
There has been no sign of the 21-yearold since she vanished after a night out in Hull seven weeks ago.
One theory being considered by detectives is that her body may have been washed into the estuary after she fell into the River Hull.
The body, which was recovered by the RNLI lifeboat Fraser Flyer, is thought to be so badly decomposed that scientific tests will be needed to identify it.
Police have not even been able to establish its gender.
A Humberside Police spokesman said the body was found close to Grimsby Docks, adding: ‘At this stage, it is too early for any identification or confirmation of gender to be made. Further information will be released as soon as we are in a position to do so.’
In January two men jumped from the Humber Bridge within minutes of each other in apparent suicide leaps. Their bodies have not been recovered.
Miss Squire was last seen on CCTV at around 11.45pm on January 31, sitting on a park bench 300 yards from her student home in Hull.
She was said to be drunk and had been refused entry into a club that evening. She went home by taxi and was dropped off outside her house.
However, instead of going inside she walked up to the main road to the park bench. Police said she stayed in the area until 12.09am and has not been seen since. Officers believe she may have ‘come to harm’.
Polish butcher Pawel Relowicz, 24, was suspected of abducting her and was charged with a number of unrelated offences. Police said last night he was still being investigated.
Much of the search operation for Miss Squire has focused on playing fields, a pond and the river close to her digs.
Last month, her mother Lisa Squire told of the ‘utter heartbreak and despair’ felt by her and her husband Russell, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, as they waited for news.