The parents of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have made private visits to the site where the bodies of their daughters were found, police said today.
Kevin and Nicola Wells and Leslie and Sharon Chapman made the journeys yesterday morning from their homes in Soham to the wooded area close to Lakenheath air base where the bodies were discovered on Saturday.
A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said the two families visited the area separately.
The visits were private, and not part of the police investigation. "Both parents did visit Lakenheath yesterday mid-morning," the spokesman said.
"It was at their request and I understand that the two couples visited separately."
He did not know how long each couple had stayed at the site, or whether they took anything with them.
Police announced yesterday that the formal identification of the two bodies found in the copse had been completed, and that the bodies were those of the missing 10-year-olds.
Mr Ian Huntley (28) has been charged with the murder of the youngsters and is detained in Rampton Hospital while psychiatric tests are completed.
His 25-year-old partner Mr Maxine Carr was remanded in custody yesterday when she appeared before Peterborough magistrates on a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice in connection with the case.
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