'Area of interest' found in search for girl who vanished 55 years ago

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Grimmer family Cheryl Grimmer was three when she disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in January 1970

A volunteer team using cadaver detection dogs to search for the body of a British child who disappeared in Australia more than 50 years ago has found an "area of interest". The group hopes their finding is a breakthrough into Cheryl Grimmer's case and have reported the location to New South Wales Police, who are now on the scene. Authorities suspect the three-year-old, who'd emigrated from Bristol with her family, was abducted from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong in

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