Police to dig for missing bride
COLD-CASE detectives investigating the disappearance of a bride-to-be a decade ago were searching the garage of her old home yesterday.
X-ray equipment was used to scan the concrete floor for disturbances underneath. Police plan to dig for the body of 29-year-old mother-of-two and barmaid Nicola Ray, who lived at the house in Basildon, Essex, with her fiance Timothy Barnes. He still lives there.
A 47-year-old man has been arrested and was being questioned yesterday.
Police said: “The case is part of an ongoing review and we are acting on information which has come up.”