The Letterbox Field Dig

Digging resumed the following morning under the watchful eyes of journalists who had gathered along the site's perimeter. The trench was expanded to almost 100 feet, but still nothing was found. When days passed with no breakthroughs, detectives considered the possibility that Fred West had allied to them. A mini-mechanical digger was brought in to remove the more solid soil. Near a fallen tree, slightly further uphill from where Fred had placed his marker, the digger unearthed what looked like part of a human skull. Before long, more skeletal remains were found. They were extremely brittle compared to those he'd recovered at 25 Cromwell Street, and they broke to pieces during recovery. Still,