Police searching for Libby Squire have confirmed a body recovered from the Humber estuary is the missing student.
Humberside Police said the body was discovered near Grimsby docks on Wednesday afternoon. Flowers and messages have been left on the bench near Ms Squire’s student house.
Detectives said she could have been killed but “would not be releasing results of a post-mortem examination for investigative reasons”. Det Supt Martin Smalley said “one man remains under investigation”.
He said: “In regards to our investigation, while we have considered throughout the missing person inquiry that Libby may have come to some harm, Libby’s death and the recovery of her body now leads us to solely investigate as a potential homicide.
“The post-mortem examination concluded late last night and at this stage, we will not be releasing any results for investigative and operational reasons.”
Flowers and messages have been left on the bench near Ms Squire’s student house.
HUMBERSIDE POLICE
ibby Squire, 21, was last seen on February 1st, following a night out in Hull. Libby Squire was believed to have been dropped off in a taxi from The Welly nightclub to her student home on Wellesley Avenue at about 23:30. She did not enter the house but her phone was found there. She was spotted on CCTV 10 minutes later near a bench on Beverley Road, by the junction with Haworth Street, where a motorist stopped to offer her help. The philosophy student is believed to have remained in the area until about 00:09. She is later reported missing and officers begin a search.
Hundreds of uniformed officers and around 50 detectives have been searching four hours and days for Libby Squire with specialist search advisors, underwater officers, the fire service, police dogs, local businesses and the public also involved.
A 24-year-old man was arrested on the suspicion of abduction and still remains a person of interest. Pawel Relowicz, of Raglan Street, Hull, is remanded in custody on unrelated charges of burglary, voyeurism, outraging public decency and receiving stolen goods.
Det Supt Martin Smalley said: “A post-mortem examination commenced this afternoon and is continuing to be carried out this evening, however formal identification has now taken place and we can confirm the body recovered is that of missing woman Libby Squire.”
Ms Squire’s family are “receiving support from specially trained officers”.
