But bones that were found in the area belong to an animal, police said in response to the BBC’s queries, adding that the search had “concluded”.<\/p>\n
Authorities suspect Cheryl, who had emigrated from Bristol with her family, was abducted from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong in January 1970.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Thursday’s search happened in Balgownie, on a small pocket of woodland mentioned in a confession made by a teenage boy.<\/p>\n
In 2019, a trial of the suspect, known only by a codename, Mercury, who’d been charged with Cheryl’s abduction and murder, collapsed. The man, in his 60s then, had denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors later dropped charges against him as a judge disallowed the confession he made as a minor.<\/p>\n
Authorities have conducted numerous searches in the decades since Cheryl disappeared, but have found few clues as to what happened to her. <\/p>\n
NSW authorities have offered a A$1m ($660,000; \u00a3491,000) reward for information on Cheryl’s abduction and suspected murder.<\/p>\n
Cheryl’s brother Ricki Nash, 62, has publicly highlighted what he believes are errors in the police investigation dating back to the day she went missing.<\/p>\n
Mr Nash was seven then. He last saw his sister in the changing rooms at Fairy Meadow on the day she disappeared.<\/p>\n
A petition asking the state parliament to set up an inquiry into missing persons investigations overseen by NSW Police, such as Cheryl’s, gathered more than 10,000 signatures this summer.<\/p>\n
It was debated in parliament, but in a letter responding to petitioners, state authorities made no commitment to holding an inquiry.<\/p>\n
With reporting by Tiffanie Turnbull in Sydney<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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