Sniffer dog finds grim clue at Jersey abuse home

A specialist search dog used by police looking for bodies at a Jersey children’s home showed an “extremely strong reaction” when it was sent into a bricked-up area of the building today, police said.

The grim development raised the prospect of more bodies being discovered at the site.

The dog was sent into a bricked-up room in the cellar of the Haut de la Garenne building.

Jersey deputy police chief Lenny Harper said the animal’s response was similar to when a child’s skull was found at the premises on Saturday.

Mr Harper said police had found another room that had been bricked up to seal it off.

The room was about 12 feet square – a similar size to the cellar, he said.

“There is another room of the same size that appears to have been bricked up,” he said.

“Some of the bricking-up appears suspicious but there could be an innocent explanation for it.”