Missing Georgina Gharsallah: Mother contacted over human remains

Speaking on the eve of the third anniversary of Georgina’s disappearance, mother Andrea Gharsallah said officers investigating bones found near a layby at Chilgrove had been in contact to keep her up-to-date with their findings.

Georgina, 30, disappeared near the centre of Worthing on March 7, 2018, and has not been seen since. Her case was upgraded to a murder investigation in August 2019.

Tomorrow will mark three years since Georgina Gharsallah went missing

Human remains, including a skull, were discovered by workmen on the B2141 near Chichester on January 28. The discovery followed similar findings at West Wittering beach a few days before.

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Andrea said: “Recently, where there is anything found in Sussex, I will be contacted.

“There was the skull found north of Chichester on the layby, but I still haven’t heard the result. The chief was telling me it had some sort of indent on the skull, which means it could have been used for medical purposes.

“It’s still quite hard waiting to hear and it goes on and on for weeks and weeks.

“With any of them, there is always a possibility.”

Police are keeping Georgina's mother up-to-date with remains found in Sussex

Efforts are underway to determine the age of the person whose remains were found.

Anyone with information on the skull found in the layby is urged to report this to police online, or call the force on 101 quoting Operation Sunlight.

The skull was found days after human remains were found on West Wittering beach, about 15 miles away from Chilgrove.

Tomorrow will mark three years since mother-of-two Georgina disappeared.

Her family says all contact with her mobile phone ended at 11am and to “all intents and purposes she has vanished off the face of the earth”.

The last confirmed CCTV of Georgina showed her in a local shop at about 10am that morning.

Mother Andrea at a previous vigil for her daughter

However, footage of someone like Georgina walking with another person was also caught on camera later that day.

Years after the image was recorded, the family says someone has come forward to identify the other woman in the CCTV.

The family says the “member of the public” who has come forward is “100 per cent sure” of the mystery woman’s identity.

However, Andrea says, the woman who was identified, as well as her family, have both said it was not her in the video when contacted by police.

Andrea said: “We didn’t think we would still be here three years later waiting for information.

“People say that sometimes people’s loyalties change and they come forward with information about what has happened.

“We thought this would be a big breakthrough.”