The search continues for clues in the 2002 disappearance of Scott Clive, with renewed focus on a North Shields property.
Police started searching Monday. The house is near the town center. Scott visited it the night he disappeared. Forensics officers work inside. They put up a tent outside the house. It’s on Coronation Street.
Scott Clive was reported missing in October 2002. Police first considered it a missing person case. Weeks later, it became a murder probe. They found no body. Seven people were arrested. These arrests related to Scott’s disappearance. No one was charged.
Detectives reviewed the case in 2008. Police divers searched the Tyne River in April that year. A witness saw a man near the river. The man matched Scott’s description. It was early morning, October 11, 2002. They found no trace of his body.
Police told Scott’s family he likely entered the river. The case changed last summer. Officers arrested a 49-year-old man. He was arrested on suspicion of murder. He is currently out on bail.
Searches are now in their fourth day. Forensics officers go in and out of the house. They carried items out in orange boxes. Someone carried a large plank of wood. An officer used a wheelbarrow. Work continues at the house.