The search at Haut de la Garenne is being led by a sniffer dog that specialises in detecting human remains.
Eddie, the springer spaniel, was involved in the search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal
Eddie, the springer spaniel, first came to public attention when taken to the Algarve to help the search for Madeleine McCann last summer.He was said to have picked up traces of the missing girl in the back of Kate and Gerry McCann's car which they hired five weeks after she disappeared.The seven-year-old "enhanced victim recovery dog" flew to Jersey last week with a second sniffer dog that specialises in detecting blood.
On Saturday, Eddie picked up the scent of the child's skeleton through several inches of concrete in the corridor on the ground floor of Haut de la Garenne.
The dogs are helping a search team made up of police and experts who have travelled from England and Scotland to help the Jersey police. Among the group are a forensic anthropologist and an archaeologist.
After Eddie identified seven areas on the property, ground penetrating radar equipment was used to look for any disturbances in the soil. Forensic and archaeological experts have dug trenches in the ground floor of the children's home which they are searching on their knees.
The painstaking fingertip work is expected to take several weeks. Similar trenches are being dug outside the building and JCB diggers have been brought in to clear shrubs and bushes which are in the way.
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