NSW: Police excavate home in search of baby Tegan

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2008
NSW: Police excavate home in search of baby Tegan

Cold case detectives investigating the disappearance of baby TEGAN LANE have begun
excavations on a Sydney house that was once the home of her mother's boyfriend.

They say they're hoping to find the missing infant's remains .. after new information
emerged two years after a NSW coroner found there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute
KELI LANE for any involvement in her daughter's disappearance.

Police from the unsolved homicide squad have begun digging under the weatherboard cottage
in Gladesville.

Mystery surrounds TEGAN's disappearance on September 14 .. 1996 .. after Ms LANE gave
birth to her at Auburn Hospital in Sydney's west.

Police say Ms LANE frequented the house prior to TEGAN's birth .. and it's believed
she visited there shortly after leaving Auburn Hospital.

They say the new search could take up to five days .. and will involve 20 people ..

including a forensic archeologist armed with excavation equipment .. and cadaver dogs.

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KEYWORD: LANE (SYDNEY)

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