Home now a murder scene

Wednesday 27th February 2008, 1:00PM GMT.

HAUT DE LA GARENNE is being treated as a homicide scene, Jersey Police have confirmed.

But further excavation has been delayed until the site has been deemed structurally sound.

Deputy police chief Lenny Harper, who is leading the investigation, said that given the current uncertainty it was necessary to treat the scene as if a homicide had taken place. ‘There is no evidence that the person whose remains we have found was a victim of a homicide, but we must treat the case as if that had taken place until we know otherwise,’ he said.