<p><br /> Police have begun excavating a meadow in the hunt for the body of murdered estate agent Suzy Lamplugh.<br /> </p><p><br /> Officers used a mechanical digger to create a shallow trench in a field off the B4084 between Pershore and Drakes Broughton, in Worcestershire.<br /> </p><p><br /> They are set to use ground-penetrating radar to examine the earth to see if it was disturbed at the time of Miss Lamplugh's disappearance 24 years ago.<br /> </p><p><br /> Forensic experts Professor David Hawksworth and Patricia Wiltshire were at the scene advising officers on the search.<br /> </p><p><br /> Miss Lamplugh, 25, disappeared in July 1986 after leaving her west London offices to meet a mystery client known only as Mr Kipper. On the day of her disappearance, witnesses reported seeing her argue with a man outside a property in Shorrold Road, Fulham.<br /> </p><p><br /> Her white Ford Fiesta was later found a mile and a half away. She was declared dead, presumed murdered, in 1994.<br /> </p>
