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26 March 2011
Last updated at 02:43 ET
Police are continuing to question a man arrested over the murder of Sian O'Callaghan, while searches for the body of a second person go on.
Detectives have until Saturday afternoon to quiz a 47-year-old man who was arrested on Thursday, named locally as taxi driver Christopher Halliwell.
Miss O'Callaghan's body was found in Oxfordshire after her suspected killer guided detectives to the spot.
Searches for a second body have been taking place in Gloucestershire.
Det Supt Steve Fulcher, of Wiltshire Police, have said they are searching near Eastleach for the body of an adult who went missing "several years ago".
Miss O'Callaghan, 22, from Swindon, had not been seen since leaving a nightclub in the Wiltshire town early on Saturday morning.
Police arrested the 47-year-old man at an Asda supermarket in Swindon on Thursday.
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Later that day Miss O'Callaghan's body was found about 15 miles (24km) away near Uffington in Oxfordshire after the suspect took officers, including Mr Fulcher, to the site.
The man also took officers to the area near Eastleach where searches continue.
On Friday afternoon magistrates in Swindon granted police an extra 24 hours to question him on suspicion of kidnap and two murders.
He remains in custody at Gablecross police station in Swindon.
Police have been using mechanical diggers to excavate the corner of a field near the Oxfordshire-Gloucestershire border in their hunt for the second body.
They removed part of a dry stone wall and excavated two trenches in the corner of the field, where officers in protective clothing could be seen on their hands and knees in the mud.
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Police are searching for human remains near Eastleach
Det Ch Insp Sean Memory, who is leading the search at that site, said officers had received "relatively specific" information from a man held in connection with Miss O'Callaghan's death but that no remains had yet been found.
"We were given some indication of where there might be a find. Of course, it isn't as simple as that," he said.
He added it had been "tricky" searching in the dark.
Det Supt Fulcher said: "Wiltshire only has one outstanding missing adult and that's from several years ago."
The detective said post-mortem tests were being carried out on Miss O'Callaghan's body.
He added: "This is a tragic situation, I have spoken to the family... our thoughts are with Sian and her family."
The office administrator was seen on CCTV footage in the early hours of Saturday leaving the Suju nightclub, in Swindon's Old Town area, after an evening out with friends.
Floral tributes, messages, teddy bears and a large number of scented candles have been left in front of the club by mourners.
Miss O'Callaghan lived in a flat half a mile away from the club with her boyfriend Kevin Reape, who reported her missing on Saturday morning.
Sian O'Callaghan murder - key locations
1. Sian last seen leaving Suju nightclub at 0252 GMT on 19 March to walk half a mile home to flat she shared with her boyfriend in Westmorland Rd.
2. Police search Savernake Forest from where signal from her phone was detected - her boyfriend had texted her at 0324 GMT the night she disappeared.
3. Police arrest 47-year-old taxi driver at Asda supermarket in Swindon's Orbital Centre on 24 March. Suspect's house in Ashbury Avenue is also searched.
4: On 24 March, suspect leads police to shallow grave at White Horse Hill, Uffington where Sian O'Callaghan's body is found.
5. The following day, 25 March, police search for second body at Eastleach, Gloucestershire.
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Detectives have until Saturday afternoon to quiz a 47-year-old man who was arrested on Thursday, named locally as taxi driver Christopher Halliwell.
Miss O'Callaghan's body was found in Oxfordshire after her suspected killer guided detectives to the spot.
Searches for a second body have been taking place in Gloucestershire.
Det Supt Steve Fulcher, of Wiltshire Police, have said they are searching near Eastleach for the body of an adult who went missing "several years ago".
Miss O'Callaghan, 22, from Swindon, had not been seen since leaving a nightclub in the Wiltshire town early on Saturday morning.
Police arrested the 47-year-old man at an Asda supermarket in Swindon on Thursday.
Continue reading the main story “Start Quote
Wiltshire only has one outstanding missing adult and that's from several years ago”
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Det Supt Steve Fulcher
Wiltshire Police
Later that day Miss O'Callaghan's body was found about 15 miles (24km) away near Uffington in Oxfordshire after the suspect took officers, including Mr Fulcher, to the site.
The man also took officers to the area near Eastleach where searches continue.
On Friday afternoon magistrates in Swindon granted police an extra 24 hours to question him on suspicion of kidnap and two murders.
He remains in custody at Gablecross police station in Swindon.
Police have been using mechanical diggers to excavate the corner of a field near the Oxfordshire-Gloucestershire border in their hunt for the second body.
They removed part of a dry stone wall and excavated two trenches in the corner of the field, where officers in protective clothing could be seen on their hands and knees in the mud.
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.Police are searching for human remains near Eastleach
Det Ch Insp Sean Memory, who is leading the search at that site, said officers had received "relatively specific" information from a man held in connection with Miss O'Callaghan's death but that no remains had yet been found.
"We were given some indication of where there might be a find. Of course, it isn't as simple as that," he said.
He added it had been "tricky" searching in the dark.
Det Supt Fulcher said: "Wiltshire only has one outstanding missing adult and that's from several years ago."
The detective said post-mortem tests were being carried out on Miss O'Callaghan's body.
He added: "This is a tragic situation, I have spoken to the family... our thoughts are with Sian and her family."
The office administrator was seen on CCTV footage in the early hours of Saturday leaving the Suju nightclub, in Swindon's Old Town area, after an evening out with friends.
Floral tributes, messages, teddy bears and a large number of scented candles have been left in front of the club by mourners.
Miss O'Callaghan lived in a flat half a mile away from the club with her boyfriend Kevin Reape, who reported her missing on Saturday morning.
Sian O'Callaghan murder - key locations
1. Sian last seen leaving Suju nightclub at 0252 GMT on 19 March to walk half a mile home to flat she shared with her boyfriend in Westmorland Rd.
2. Police search Savernake Forest from where signal from her phone was detected - her boyfriend had texted her at 0324 GMT the night she disappeared.
3. Police arrest 47-year-old taxi driver at Asda supermarket in Swindon's Orbital Centre on 24 March. Suspect's house in Ashbury Avenue is also searched.
4: On 24 March, suspect leads police to shallow grave at White Horse Hill, Uffington where Sian O'Callaghan's body is found.
5. The following day, 25 March, police search for second body at Eastleach, Gloucestershire.
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