Police are continuing to search an area close to where missing student Libby Squire was last seen.
Libby, 21, has not been seen since January 31st. The University of Hull student went missing after a night out in the city. Police are searching a variety of locations including the Oak Road Playing Fields in Hull. On Tuesday officers returned to the same area using power tools to cut back growth.
Libby Squire// family photo
Humberside Police said: “Our priority remains to find Libby and support her family at this incredibly distressing time.”
A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of abduction and he still remains a person of interest.
The force has written to local residents to ask if anyone heard “anything unusual” on the night of her disappearance. Police did carry out house to house inquiries in Hull, and a dog unit, police divers and helicopter have all been used as part of the search. The force said it had “received hundreds of calls” and was pursuing a number of lines of inquiry.
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Detectives believe that Libby – Liberty Anna – went home in a taxi at 23:30 but did not enter her house. Her mobile phone was found in the house but “has not provided any further insight as to where she may be or her movements that night”, the force said. A motorist did help Libby on the night she went missing however, the taxi driver and motorist were “not suspects”.
Libby Squire, who is 5ft 7in tall and has long dark brown hair, had been wearing a black leather jacket, black long-sleeved top and a black denim skirt with lace.
Timeline of events:
- 31 January: Libby Squire is 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
- 1 February: 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
- 4 February: Her parents make an emotional video appeal urging their daughter to “get in touch”
- 5 February: About 200 students and staff gather in the rain at the University of Hull to show solidarity and support for Ms Squire, her family and friends
- 6 February: A 24-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of abduction
- 7 February: A large screen displaying images of the student is driven around parts of Hull and officers hand out leaflets in the area where Ms Squire was last seen
- 8 February: Humberside Police is granted more time to question the arrested man
- 12 February: the search continues…
