Leah Croucher

Thames Valley Police earlier found her rucksack and personal items at a house on Loxbeare Drive in Furzton, Milton Keynes. The teenager was last seen on CCTV in ...

- October 2022: Police open a murder investigation after unidentified human remains and a rucksack and personal possessions belonging to Leah are found at a property on Loxbeare Drive in Furzton, Milton Keynes - February 2021: On the second anniversary of her disappearance, police said there had been "no significant lead" and the case was "bewildering and frustrating" Police investigating the murder of 19-year-old Leah Croucher have found human remains at a property where some of her possessions were discovered.

Police have revealed they have found a rucksack belonging to missing teenager Leah Croucher, who disappeared on Valentine's Day in 2019. | ITV News Anglia.

The teenager was reported missing by her parents, John and Claire, later that evening, after she failed to return home. "The forensic examination continues and will do for some time. She was last seen on CCTV on Buzzacott Lane just after 8am, and the last activity on her phone was just after 8.30am that day. Over the years her family and police have Leah was last seen on 14 February 2019 and reported missing the following day by her family, who have since made repeated appeals for information. The 19-year-old was last seen by her family on Valentine's Day in 2019, and was reported missing the next day.

Ms Croucher vanished three years ago but human remains along with items including a rucksack have now been discovered in Milton Keynes following a tip-off.

“There remains a scene watch in place at the address while this investigation continues, and we are committed to ensuring that our inquiries at the scene are thorough.” “Leah’s family have been kept updated and continue to be supported by officers, and we are urging the public and media to think of her family and not to speculate further while this investigation is in the early stages. “We are dealing with a very difficult scene but we can now confirm that we have discovered a number of items that are linked to Leah, and as such we have now launched a murder investigation, led by our Major Crime Unit.

Police launched a murder investigation earlier today after finding “personal items” belonging to Ms Croucher at a property in Milton Keynes. Officers working on ...

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Thames Valley Police have confirmed that human remains have been located at the scene in Loxbeare Drive, Milton Keynes.

“There remains a scene-watch in place at the address while this investigation continues, and we are committed to ensuring that our enquiries at the scene are thorough. Police have confirmed that human remains have been located at the scene in Loxbeare Drive, Milton Keynes. Thames Valley Police have confirmed that human remains have been located at the scene in Loxbeare Drive, Milton Keynes.

The case of missing MK woman Leah Croucher has tragically become a murder investigation after her possessions been found in a house on Furzton estate, ...

This is around 500 metres away from the property in Loxbeare Drive. Advertisement A police spokesman said at 12.50pm: “Following information received from a member of the public on Monday (10/10) relating to a property in Loxbeare Drive, Furzton, Milton Keynes, specialist officers and forensic teams attended the location. The possession she was carrying, a rucksack handbag and phone, were never found.

Officers launch murder investigation after also discovering rucksack and personal items following tip-off from member of public.

His mother said he had found the disappearance of his sister “very difficult”. Mrs Croucher said her daughter had insisted the relationship was over, but conceded it was possible she had been deceiving her. The property’s current owner purchased the house in November 2019, after Ms Croucher had vanished.

Detectives say it's the first time they've been alerted to the address, despite a huge search for Leah that included 4000 house-to-house inquiries.

"The forensic examination continues and will do for some time. Detective Chief Superintendent Ian Hunter described the search as a "very difficult scene" and said a murder investigation had begun. Thames Valley Police said her rucksack and other personal possessions had also been found at the property after a tip-off from a member of the public on Monday.

Leah Croucher, 19, went missing on her way to work in February 2019 and her family have been desperate for answers ever since. | ITV News Anglia.

[They begin to search the property.](/news/anglia/2022-10-12/home-cordoned-off-as-police-investigate-discovery) A year of withholding information - it's not on any more," he says. [release a new image of Leah](/news/anglia/2022-02-14/police-release-new-photograph-in-hunt-for-missing-leah-croucher-three-years-on) on the third anniversary of her death, believed to have been captured on the day she went missing. [doubles to £20,000.](/news/anglia/2021-03-23/reward-to-help-find-missing-leah-croucher-doubled-to-20000) "I will name him. [release pictures of clothes similar to the ones Leah was wearing](/news/anglia/2019-03-08/police-appeal-for-help-in-tracing-missing-teen) on the day she disappeared.

The drone images show forensics officers working to the side of the house, shielded by screens. | ITV News Anglia.

"It's horrific," she said, upon hearing of Leah's belongings being found. As the white-suited forensics officers work, police in the front and back gardens guard the scene. [had been searching the property in Furzton, Milton Keynes, since Monday](/news/anglia/2022-10-12/home-cordoned-off-as-police-investigate-discovery), after being given a tip-off by a member of the public.

Police investigating the disappearance of Leah Crouch have made a fresh appeal for information after the discovery of human remains in a house in Milton ...

Your information could prove critical in this investigation. “But I am now making a renewed, and specific appeal, to anybody who believes that they may have been in the area of Loxbeare Drive on or around 15 February 2019 and has any information which may be relevant to please get in touch with Thames Valley Police." Police investigating the disappearance of Leah Croucher have made a "renewed and specific" appeal for information after the discovery of human remains in a house in Milton Keynes.

They were discovered at a house on Loxbeare Drive in Furzton, Milton Keynes, Thames Valley Police said. It launched a murder investigation after her rucksack ...

- 15 February 2019: CCTV footage showed her walking down Buzzacott Lane in Furzton at 08:16. - February 2021: On the second anniversary of her disappearance, police said there had been "no significant lead" and the case was "bewildering and frustrating" Your information could prove critical in this investigation," he said.

Police found human remains and belongings of missing teenager Leah Croucher inside the empty former home of a convicted paedophile, it was reported today.

Your information could prove critical in this investigation." "The forensic examination continues and will do for some time. "There remains a scene watch in place at the address while this investigation continues, and we are committed to ensuring that our inquiries at the scene are thorough." I would see her walking to work. A previous occupant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was jailed in 2017 for sexual offences against two teenagers over a two-year period. "Leah's family have been kept updated and continue to be supported by officers, and we are urging the public and media to think of her family and not to speculate further while this investigation is in the early stages.

They were discovered at a house on Loxbeare Drive in Furzton, Milton Keynes, Thames Valley Police said. It launched a murder investigation after her rucksack ...

- 15 February 2019: CCTV footage showed her walking down Buzzacott Lane in Furzton at 08:16. - February 2021: On the second anniversary of her disappearance, police said there had been "no significant lead" and the case was "bewildering and frustrating" Your information could prove critical in this investigation," he said.

Police have today confirmed they did visit the Furzton murder investigation house shortly after Leah Croucher went missing in February 2019.

It is less than a mile from her Emerson Valley home. Today a police spokesman said: “Monday was the first time we were alerted to this property by a member of the public in connection with this investigation.” Thames Valley Police Head of Crime, Detective Chief Superintendent Ian Hunter said initially: “The call from the member of the public that we received on Monday was the first occasion that we were alerted to this address.”

Tara Maher came to lay flowers because of the "absolutely awful news", after the discovery of human remains in the search for missing teenager Leah Croucher ...

The teenager was reported missing by her parents, John and Claire, later that evening, after she failed to return home. It's just absolutely awful news but I felt I had to come down and lay some flowers for her - just an overwhelming feeling." She was last seen on CCTV on Buzzacott Lane just after 8am, and the last activity on her phone was just after 8.30am that day. Everyone is just in shock, we're relieved for the family, but we're in shock. It's like on your doorstep... The 19-year-old was last seen by her family on Valentine's Day in 2019, and was reported missing the next day.

Leah Croucher vanished in 2019 and the search is focusing on a house less than half a mile from where she was last seen.

You are at peace now with your brother.” A tip-off from a member of the public on Monday led detectives to the property where “items of concern” were found, Detective Chief Superintendent Mr Hunter said: “We are dealing with a very difficult scene but we can now confirm that we have discovered a number of items that are linked to Leah, and as such we have now launched a murder investigation, led by our Major Crime Unit.” [Leah Croucher](/topic/leah-croucher), who vanished in 2019, have found human remains. A police spokesman said: “Monday was the first time we were alerted to this property by a member of the public in connection with this investigation. “However, as an address in Furzton, the address was visited as part of our house-to-house inquiries as part of the investigation, during which we visited more than 4,000 addresses.

Croucher, who was 19 when she went missing in 2019, was last seen half a mile from property.

A police spokesperson said: “Monday was the first time we were alerted to this property by a member of the public in connection with this investigation. Hundreds of officers and staff have worked on the search for Croucher, scouring 1,200 hours of CCTV and carrying out 4,000 house-to-house inquiries. You are at peace now with your brother.” Croucher’s family was struck by further tragedy when her brother, Haydon, died at the age of 24 in November 2019. However, as an address in Furzton, the address was visited as part of our house-to-house inquiries as part of the investigation, during which we visited more than 4,000 addresses. Thames Valley police said they had found human remains at the property on Wednesday and that investigators would be there “for some time”. [Milton Keynes](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/milton-keynes), where investigators had put up a tent in front of the property.

Leah Croucher's family are among those who have left poignant tributes outside the house in Furzton where police are carrying out investigations | ITV News ...

You are at peace now with your brother." All our condolences." My thoughts and prayers will continue to be with Leah's loved ones at this difficult time." "A new hope for answers and justice is now part of our path to fight ahead. I just feel bad for them." I just feel for the family, it's heartbreaking.