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Police stop search for missing Swedish prof

Police investigating the disappearance of a missing Örebro University lecturer broke off their search of an area about 10 kilometres north of the central Swedish city on Friday afternoon.

Police stop search for missing Swedish prof

After spending much of Friday exploring a wooded area near a gravel pit, police decided to stop their search of the area for the woman, referred to as Eva in Swedish media reports, at around 2.30pm.

“We haven’t found anything and it’s a mystery that we don’t have an answer for. Three dogs made strong indications that they had found something at the same spot independently of each other. One dog can be wrong, but that three could be wrong is a mystery,” Örebro police spokesperson Torbjörn Carlson told the TT news agency.

In the last day, police have searched for the 51-year-old woman, who has been missing since December 29th, in an area near Klockhammar north of the city. In addition to police dogs, police also used a helicopter to help them scan the area.

Police have decided not to dig any further at the location, nor do they have any further plans to search for the missing academic in the surrounding areas.

According to the Aftonbladet newspaper, a police dog came across something on Thursday night, prompting police to block off the surrounding area. Carlson told the newspaper that about 20 officers were on the scene.

A 50-year-old colleague of the woman was remanded in custody earlier this week on suspicion of having played a role in the 51-year-old’s disappearance.

The two academics, who work in different departments at Örebro University, reportedly had a relationship previously.

The man claims he had nothing to do with the woman’s disappearance and has appealed the remand order to the Göta Court of Appeal, which nevertheless ruled on Friday afternoon to uphold his detention.

“I regret the decision, but it’s no catastrophe because the detention will be heard again next week,” the man’s attorney, Carl H Robson, told TT.

Robson believes the evidence against his client is too weak to justify keeping the man in custody.

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Bordeaux: Family appeals for help to find missing British father

The family of a British man last seen in Bordeaux are growing increasingly worried about his whereabouts and have appealed to the local community in the south west city to help find him.

Bordeaux: Family appeals for help to find missing British father
Photo: Sally Louise/Facebook

Nathan James Sim, aged 32 has been missing since Saturday evening.

The young father was last seen at around 7pm on Quai Saint-Croix in the centre of Bordeaux.

His family told The Local he had been visiting Bordeaux for the day and had been working in Lormont, a suburb of Bordeaux, decorating a holiday cottage.

They have not been able to contact him via his mobile phone since he went missing.

His partner Sally Louise launched an appeal on Facebook: “I am posting this in the hope that a friend of a friend of a friend might share it and it might reach someone who knows his whereabouts. Please, please share and get this photo as widespread as possible.”

 

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