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hunt in rural beauty spot after bodies found  August 19 2002
Arrested: Maxine Carr and Ian Huntley. Photos: AFP  A dusty dirt
track stretched towards the spot where two bodies were found, a
site which is now at the centre of a frantic police hunt for
evidence.  White-suited forensics officers combed the area,
dressed in the "moon suits" of white paper, their shoes clad
with white plastic covers to ensure they did not contaminate any
evidence.  No vehicles are permitted to travel down the track,
forcing the forensic specialists to walk the 400 metres along
the rutted lane to the spot where the bodies lie, concealed by a
densely wooded area.  To the right of the track a field of
golden corn swayed gently in the wind and on its other side a
line of trees conceal it from a country road.  It was an
isolated and lonely spot where the crisscross of electricity
cables and the fields of crops were the only signs of human
activity.  The only building visib