“A body found floating near the mouth of the Humber Estuary has been confirmed as that of Libby Squire, the missing university student.

“The 21-year-old vanished suddenly after travelling home on her own from a night out with friends in Hull, where she had been studying as an undergraduate, on February 1.

“Seven weeks of uncertainty about her fate began coming to an end on Wednesday, when, at around 2.30pm, the coastguard spotted what appeared to be human remains and alerted the RNLI.

“In a grim twist, investigators were not immediately able to establish the gender of the body due to decomposition.”

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