The Independent - London, March 30th, 1994
POLICE yesterday began digging in a Gloucestershire field near the village where Frederick West, who has been charged with murdering nine women, spent his childhood and the early days of his first marriage.
Detectives believe that at least one body is buried in Letterbox Field at Kempley, Gloucestershire, a mile from the village of Much Marcle. Neither Mr West's first wife, Catherine, nor his daughter, Charmaine, have been traced, despite massive publicity.
Yesterday's dig, shielded from the gaze of press and public by two tents, was the first time that detectives had carried out excavations...
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