Police are searching for the body of a honour killing victim beside the A19 near Thirsk after receiving new information.
Mother-of-three Rania Alayed, 25, went missing in June 2013.
Her husband Ahmed Al-Khatib, 35, was convicted of her murder the following year but her body has never been found.
He described how he had buried her, but was only able to remember digging a hole beneath trees at the side of the road.
Despite a major search involving officers from Greater Manchester Police and North Yorkshire Police, as well as military officers, Rania’s body was never found.
In a statement issued today however, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed they are carrying out a fresh detailed search for her body.
Earth moving equipment and police forensic officers have been spotted besides the A19 northbound near Thirsk this week.
They said: “Following new information for a non-recent investigation, GMP’s Major Incident Team have today been authorised to begin looking at land on the side of the A19 near Thirsk.
“Officers will be on location to carry out a thorough search of the area identified and will keep disruption to the local community to a minimum, with no wider risk or threat to the public.
“GMP remain committed to finding Rania and will act on all available lines of enquiry when it is possible to do so to help bring some form of closure to her loved ones ten years on.”
Following her murder police contacted hundreds of motorists to help trace a white camper van that could have been used in the disappearance of Rania, who previously lived in Greta Road, Norton, and in Middlesbrough, before moving to Manchester.
Rania met her husband aged 15 in Syria, but she left him after years of violence and controlling behaviour.
She moved into a women’s refuge but her husband murdered her while her children were in the next room after being lured to her brother-in-law’s house.
Ahmed Al-Khatib and his brother, Muhaned Al-Khatib, 38, then placed her body in a suitcase and drove her to North Yorkshire where they dumped her besides the A19.
Ahmed Al-Khatib was sentenced to life imprisonment and must service a minimum of 20 years in prison.
Muhaned Al Khatib, 38, of Arthur Millwood Court, Salford, denied murder but, along with his brother, admitted perverting the course of justice by transporting and concealing Rania’s body. He was given a three-year sentence.
A third brother, Hussain Al-Khatib, 34, of Knutsford Road, Gorton, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice and jailed for four years.
After the court case, Greater Manchester Police’s Det Ch Insp Phil Reade said her death had been an “honour killing” but added that “the irony is that this horrific act of self-pity brought nothing but shame on him and his family”.
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