MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on police excavations in Detroit area as part of cold case investigation (all times local):
11:20 a.m.
Authorities believe up to half a dozen bodies of missing girls could be buried in a wooded area northeast of Detroit.
Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer tells WJBK-TV that officers are excavating Tuesday at the site in Macomb Township for the remains of 12-year-old Kimberly King who last was seen in 1979.
Dwyer says "there's maybe four to six other girls that have been reported missing that are buried there" and that police "certainly are convinced we have the right area."
King lived in the Detroit suburb of Warren as did 13-year-old Cindy Zarzycki who disappeared in 1986 after being lured to a Dairy Queen. Arthur Ream led police to the area and Zarzycki's remains in 1986. Zarzycki had been dating Ream's son at the time of her disappearance.
Ream was convicted in her murder and is serving life in prison.
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11 a.m.
Police are digging in woods northeast of Detroit near where the body of a 13-year-old girl who went missing in 1986 was found more than a decade ago.
Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer says his department has probable cause to conduct the search, but declined to say what officers are trying to find.
Officers using shovels and excavation equipment began digging at the Macomb Township site Monday. Dwyer has said they are prepared to continue the work throughout the week.
In 2008, Arthur Ream led police to the area and the remains of Cindy Zarzycki who disappeared in 1986 after being lured to a Dairy Queen. Zarzycki had been dating Ream's son at the time of her disappearance.
Ream was convicted of her murder and is serving life in prison.
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Information from: The Macomb Daily, http://www.macombdaily.com
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