Sutton-in-Ashfield: Remains confirmed as miner as murder probe continues
Alfred Swinscoe went missing in early 1967 after drinking at a pub, which has since been converted into a houseThe remains were found in farmland off Coxmoor Road in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, on 26 April.
A murder inquiry was launched last month and police have now confirmed the deceased man is Alfred Swinscoe, a father-of-six and a miner.Nottinghamshire Police said officers were contacted by Russell Lowbridge, who was four years old when his grandfather Mr Swinscoe went missing in "mysterious and unusual circumstances".
DNA tests were carried out on Mr Lowbridge and Mr Swinscoe's son, now in his 70s, and matched against the bones exhumed from the ground.
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