TRAGIC DISCOVERY
Libby Squire cops find body in Humber Estuary in search for missing student, 21, who vanished six weeks ago
DETECTIVES searching for missing student Libby Squire who vanished six weeks ago have recovered a body.
An RNLI lifeboat recovered the human remains from Grimsby Docks on the Humber Estuary yesterday afternoon.
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The quayside was cordoned off and the coroner was informed.
Officers contacted Libby’s parents Lisa, 48, and Russ, 53, but said it was “too early” to determine identification, or even gender.
A police source said: “The body is decomposed.
“Tests will be carried out overnight to determine the identity of the person.
“It is too early to say if it is Libby or not. Her family have been notified by specialist family liaison officers as a matter of course.”
Humberside Police are conducting two other missing persons probes in addition to that of Hull University student Libby, 21.
A post-mortem will be carried out in the next 24 hours to positively identify the body and find a cause of death.
Locals close to Grimsby Docks where the body was recovered from said three police vans, two patrol cars and an unmarked police car attended the scene.
BODY FOUND IN HUMBER ESTUARY
Philosophy and religion student Libby went missing from a park bench just yards from her student digs after a night out on January 31.
She has not been seen since.
Libby vanished after she was turned away from the Welly nightclub in Hull for being too drunk.
She was put in a taxi by friends and driven home to Wellesley Avenue nearby.
But after staggering around she mysteriously ended up sitting on a park bench on nearby Beverley Road at 11.45pm.
CCTV footage taken minutes later at 12.09am shows a woman believed to be Libby getting into a car and being driven away.
A second clip obtained by The Sun, shows a similar car being driven half a mile away ten minutes later at 12.19am.
A woman living close to where Libby was last seen described hearing "bloodcurdling screams" at 12.30am.
They were so terrifying they made the woman sit up in bed and say: "Oh my God."
Cops launched a massive hunt and searched a river and pond close to her home. Bins, drains and gardens were also swept but without trace.
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THE LAST SIGHTINGS OF LIBBY
11pm Thursday January 31: Libby is refused entry at Welly Club, Beverley Road, 4kms from her home. The student was put into a taxi home
11.30pm: Libby was seen staggering around outside her student digs on Wellesley Ave
11.45pm: CCTV captures Libby sitting on a bench on Beverley Road, close to the junction of Haworth Street. She was also helped by a motorist
12.09am: Police beliee Libby stayed in the area for about half an hour
12.30am: A neighbour hears 'blood-curdling' screams
January 3 midday: Forensic officers find screwdriver, claw hammer and lip gloss 40 yards from where Libby was last seen
Since her disappearance Libby's parents have travelled between their home in High Wycombe and Hull to help cops.
In a moving statement the couple spoke fondly of Libby's love and said she was "always happy and having fun".
They also said: "As a family we are incomplete.
"We miss her more than we could ever say. We just want her back with us."
They also released snaps of Libby including one of her on Christmas Day.
VANISHED SIX WEEKS AGO ON NIGHT OUT WITH PALS
Polish butcher Pawel Relowicz, 24, was arrested and quizzed over Libby's abduction and remains under investigation.
He has since been charged with a series of sex offences.
He is accused of carrying out a sex act on 21-year-old Libby's street just days before she vanished.
The married dad-of-two is also alleged to have stolen sex toys, underwear and condoms during three burglaries at homes close to Libby's address.
He faces further counts of burglary, two counts of voyeurism, two counts of outraging public decency and one of receiving stolen goods.
Relowicz appeared at Hull Crown Court on Monday to deny the charges.
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Libby Squire's heartbroken family release new video of missing student, 21, laughing and singing in car as search to enter seventh week
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