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NSW: Items of interest found during cold-case death search

11 Nov 2008 6:55 PM

New South Wales police say the excavation of a Blue Mountains property in search of clues about a decades-old suspected murder has turned up items of interest .. but no human remains.

Police are excavating a buried shipping container at the abandoned Blackheath property .. to search for the remains of 30-year-old JILL LESLEY GAMBLIN.. last seen in the Sydney CBD on December 2 .. 1979.

A team of 30 officers has been scouring the property .. formerly occupied by a person who's now dead .. who may have been Ms GAMBLIN's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance.

Police say they've sent away a number of items for forensic examination .. believed to include pieces of clothing.

The search is expected to last for several days.

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