Police are searching a building site after the sighting of a bone was reported near the home of a woman who went missing 15 years ago.

A spokesman for Sussex Police said they received the report about the Ferringham Lane site yesterday, at about 2.45pm.

“Police received a report about the possible sighting of a bone of unknown origin at a site in Ferringham Lane, Ferring, at about 2.45pm on Wednesday, June 28," said a spokesman for the force.

“Officers are at the scene and enquiries are taking place to locate and then to examine the bone.”

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Mum-of-two Elaine Taggart, 49, who lived in the same road, was last seen on January 3, 2008, when she gave her friend a lift home from work.

She was a catering finance manager for Chartwells at Brighton College. 

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He car was found the day after her disappearance near Goring railway station, a five-minute drive from her home.

Police said her passport, £2,000 in cash, clothes and jewellery had been taken from the family home.

Police and family members issued numerous appeals for information in the weeks and months following her disappearance.