Human remains found in farmer's field belong to dad-of-six who went missing 56 years ago

The remains of a dad-of-six who was reported missing 56 years ago have been found in a field, police have confirmed.

Alfred Swinscoe was 54 when he went missing in January 1967 after last being seen outside a pub in his hometown of Pinxton, Derbyshire.

His body was found in a field in nearby Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, on April 26 this year. Mr Swinscoe's bones were discovered by a member of the public during construction work in a farmer’s field.

Nottinghamshire Police were able to confirm his identity through DNA tests which were carried out after Mr Swinscoe's grandson Russell Lowbridge responded to a police appeal.

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Officers believe Mr Swinscoe was murdered due to a “number of traumatic injuries found on his skeletal remains”.

Mr Swinscoe’s daughter, Julie, now aged 82, said on Thursday that she “doesn’t want to go to her grave” not knowing what happened to her “loving and hard-working dad”.

She said: “I was 25 at the time, a factory worker and I remember coming home one day from work and people saying they couldn’t find dad. He had gone missing, and the police were searching.

“We all thought it was very mysterious, but we thought he would turn up. It does make you wonder how we did cope through all these years because it has always stayed with us as a family.

“Where did dad go?

“We never expected that the remains found in Sutton would be him. I practically went hysterical.

“I said: ‘he can’t have lay in that field for 56 years and no one could find him until now'. It’s just so horrible. I would like to think I could die knowing the truth.

“I am 82 now and I could go myself at any time.”

She added: “We might be able to now give my