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Forensic archaeologists searching a cafe for Fred West victim Mary Bastholm have removed the fireplace in the cellar.  Forensic teams continue to work around the premises of the Clean Plate Cafe in Southgate Street, Gloucester, with the hunt entering its third day.  Fred West was a regular at the eatery and may even have laid the concrete floor after Mary Bastholm vanished 53 years ago, aged 15. Three forensic archaeologists at the Clean Plate are using geophysical survey equipment, requiring...

Fred West: Forensic archaeologists look for Mary Bastholm in cafe cellar Lizzie Edmonds Forensic archaeologists have started searching a cafe basement for the body of Mary Bastholm - a suspected victim of Fred West. Ms Bastholm, 15, worked at The Clean Plate in Southgate Street, Gloucester. She has not been seen since 6 January 1968. Ms Bastholm went missing on her way to the bus stop. She was due to visit her boyfriend. On Friday last week, officers were called to the venue ove...

BBC News Published image copyrightPress Association image captionMary Bastholm used to work at the cafe in Southgate Street where Fred West was a regular customer Forensic archaeologists have begun examining a cafe basement in the search for suspected Fred West victim, Mary Bastholm. The 15-year-old, who worked at the now-called Clean Plate in Gloucester, went missing in the city on 6 January 1968. Officers say the work, involving geophysical survey equipment, means dismantling a fireplace at t...

Aerial photos show police dig for Fred Wests second victim as it enters its second day in back yard of cafe where 15-year-old worked in 1968 after her locket was found in killers home Mary Bastholm served in the Gloucester eaterie then called The Pop In and now called The Clean Plate Cafe run by a domestic violence charity will be closed for weeks, perhaps even for good, if a body is found  TV company making a documentary about the unsolved case found evidence of a body in the basement  Sir ...

Inside the Wests monstrous marriage and murders as final victim could be unearthed Fred and Rose West carried out their sick killing spree over 20 years and now police are searching a cafe in Gloucester for the body of Mary Bastholm, feared to have also been murdered by the couple The sick couple are two of Britains most notorious serial killers (Image: PA Archive/PA Images) The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSom...

12 known victims of Fred and Rose West - including their children. (PA) Evidence of a suspected victim of Fred West has been found by a film crew at a café in Gloucester. A dog was recently taken to the site by a TV documentary team which is said to have shown a positive reaction in the basement. 53 years after the disappearance, Gloucestershire Police said they had found evidence that a body could be buried within The Clean Plate café in Southgate Street, Gloucester, and are linking it...

Family of Fred West victim Mary Bastholm hope for closure at last as police search basement of café where she worked aged 15 in 1968 - after Sir Trevor McDonald documentary-makers found evidence of body Mary Bastholm served in the Gloucester eaterie then called The Pop In and now called The Clean Plate TV company making a documentary about the unsolved case found evidence of a body in the basement  Sir Trevor McDonald declines to comment but he is understood to be making West documentary for...

12 known victims of Fred and Rose West - including their children. (PA) Evidence of a suspected victim of Fred West has been found by a film crew at a café in Gloucester. A dog was recently taken to the site by a TV documentary team which is said to have shown a positive reaction in the basement. 53 years after the disappearance, Gloucestershire Police said they had found evidence that a body could be buried within The Clean Plate café in Southgate Street, Gloucester, and are linking it...

Her parents have since tragically passed away without ever finding out what happened to their daughter. Mary Bastholm was 15 when she was reported missing in 1968. (PA) Fred West, with the help of his wife Rose, murdered at least 12 women between 1967 and 1987. Most of the young women were raped and tortured before their death, the couple would bury their victims remains in the cellar at their Gloucester home. Fred was arrested for his crimes in 1994, seven years after his killing spre...

He had received a tip-off from a man who worked in a Glasgow abattoir with Rena Costello. West was a frequent visitor and became fascinated with the dismemberment of carcasses, according to Renas former colleague. Could West, who dismembered many of his victims, have learnt butchery skills at the same city slaughterhouse? Pender became convinced West began his murder spree in Scotland and deliberately killed young Henry in November 1965. He feared West may also have murdered other wom...