Kayleigh Haywood: Body removed from scene
A sombre scene was observed in Ibstock this afternoon as police carried away the body of a young girl believed to be that of Kayleigh Haywood.
For the last 24 hours, police have been concentrating their attention on a small wooded area next to a field outside Ibstock where the remains were uncovered yesterday evening.
Detectives investigating the disappearance have said they believe it is the missing youngster - who was last seen on Friday night just a mile from where the body was found.
At about 1pm today, it was brought out of a wooded area close to a farm off Melbourne Road and carried across half-a-mile of open land.
Surrounded by a team of police officers, dressed in full black uniforms, the covered orange stretcher which carried the body was carefully placed into the back of a waiting mortuary van.
The plain black vehicle then drove the short way along the track leading away from the farm and back down to the main road.
Accompanied by an unmarked police car, it turn right towards Ravenstone, away from the TV crews, photographers and waiting journalists, and was on its way to be formally identified.
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