SouthAussie
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There's Aisling Symes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Aisling_Symes
She was still found relatively quickly.
Thanks asac.
This is the relevant excerpt from the article .... they found Aisling 7 days after she disappeared, and the reason they were persistent with the drain is that they found the drain cover partially off the drain.
"The drain, which was a short distance from the house she disappeared from on Monday last week and was two metres below the ground, had been thoroughly searched by officers with special search techniques. Mr Davey says cameras were used to reach 9–10 metres into the drain, but the search proved fruitless.
A decision was then made to dig up part of the drain, a digger was called in and it took five hours until Aisling's body was found inside.
When police were first called to the Longburn Rd house on Monday last week a police officer searched the pipe three times, Mr Davey said. The manhole cover was ajar about 10 cm and the first police officer looked down the pipe and there was no sign of a body. "He called out and did not hear anything other than running water," Mr Davey said. The officer then searched towards the stream and 15 minutes later returned to the manhole, climbed about two metres down the larger access pipe after moving the manhole cover back. He shone his torch down the smaller 375mm drain at the bottom and could see nothing. He also called her name but there was no response. "He believed he could see five metres up into the drain and five metres down the drain."
The drain was searched for a third time later in the night by search and rescue searchers, Mr Davey said. During the search Aisling's father Alan Symes also climbed down the pipe and looked for his daughter, said Mr Davey."