The rear entrance to the Clean Plate café in Gloucester where police had found evidence that a body could be buriedPolice searching for the body of a suspected Fred West victim have found “no human remains or items of significance” after excavating the basement of a café in Gloucester. Excavation work at the Clean Plate café began a week last Wednesday after a TV documentary crew found two holes under the concrete basement while making a programme about the serial killer and the disappearance of Mary Bastholm, 15, who worked there in 1968. SponsoredThe documentary crew drilled into one hole to vent the air inside and a cadaver dog was said to have given a “minor reaction” to the possible presence of a body. When they passed an endoscope into one of the voids an image of a “blue material” was captured. Mary Bastholm was reported missing in 1968 aged 15 PAMary was wearing

Source: The Times May 27, 2021 11:02 UTC