Girls lay flowers near bodies site

Three young girls have knelt down to lay flowers near the spot where the bodies, feared to be those of missing Holly Wells and…

Three young girls have knelt down to lay flowers near the spot where the bodies, feared to be those of missing Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, were found.

The gruesome find of two as yet unidentified bodies was made at about 1.00pm by two local men and a woman who were walking in the area.

The bodies lie at the edge of a track, surrounded by open Suffolk countryside, close to densely wooded conifer plantations and the United States Air Force base at Lakenheath.

Forests hem in the area, which is covered with scrub and copses.

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Jennifer and Kelly Knight and their friend Joanna Hotchkiss, 12, had travelled to the spot to lay flowers at the roadside where police blockades had sealed off the area.

Kelly and Jennifer's mother Michelle Thomson, 27, said they had begged to be allowed to come after following the case since the girls disappeared.

The family, who are on a Suffolk caravanning holiday from their home in Oldham, Greater Manchester said their trip had been in the shadow of the hunt for the missing 10-year-olds.

Ms Thomson said: "Kelly was particularly upset about what had happened because she will be 10 herself soon and the closeness in age really brings it home.

"She said, 'Mummy is it alright if I put some flowers down?' So we came here so they could lay some wildflowers."