Human remains found near site previously scoured in search for missing schoolboys
Human remains have been found near land in the West Midlands which was searched 14 years ago by police looking for two missing schoolboys.
Police have been scouring the area since the remains were found near Jaguar Land Rover's plant in Solihull on Wednesday.
In 2006 nearby land, just off Old Damson Lane near Birmingham International Airport, was searched by police looking for missing boys David Spencer and Patrick Warren.
However so far there is no evidence linking the remains found this week to David and Patrick, according to West Midlands Police.
The boys were aged 11 and 13 respectively when they disappeared from their homes in Chelmsley Wood on Boxing Day 1996.
The boys, who became known as the 'Milk Carton Kids' after the publicity campaign to try and track them down, lived around three miles from where the remains were found this week.
On Friday morning, specialist police teams were at the site conducting a fingertip search and placing markers down while forensics officers and archaeologists examined the area.
A large blue tent was placed in front of an excavator and part of the diggers' caterpillar tracks have also been preserved with blue sheeting.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "We are investigating after human remains were discovered on land off Damson Parkway, Solihull.
"The area has been cordoned off for further searches to be carried out.
"The bones will undergo forensic and archaeological analysis."
When asked if the discovery was connected to the missing schoolboys, the spokesman added: "There is no information linking them to a criminal investigation at this stage."
Land around 500 yards away was previously searched when police reopened the investigation to the boys' disappearance in 2006 and questioned convicted child murderer Brian Field.
Field, an agricultural worker who killed Roy Tutill in 1968, had been living working as a gardener and odd-job man when the boys went missing.
At the time he was living freely, with police unaware he had murdered Roy until he was arrested for drink driving in 1999 and police took a swap of his DNA.
In 1996 Field lived in Rowood Drive, just metres away from where the remains have been found.
In 2001 he was jailed for life for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Roy.
Officers visited Field in prison in 2006 and questioned him about their disappearance but he denied any involvement.
The first search off Old Damson Lane was abandoned after several weeks with nothing having been found.
At the time, police said Field was just one line of enquiry. During their investigations police also arrested a 37-year-old man but released him after questioning.
Jaguar Land Rover has been approached for comment.
