Police find no evidence at excavation into 55-year-old disappearance of Bowmanville teen
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

No evidence was found after an extensive excavation in north Clarington on Thursday.Durham Regional Police were following up on a tip regarding a historical missing person investigation from the 1960s.The case involves the disappearance of Noreen Greenley, who was 13-years-old when she went missing in Bowmanville. On Sept. 14, 1963, Noreen, 13, left her best friend’s house to catch a bus home and seemingly vanished. Community volunteers searched for her and police investigated, but it was never determined what happened to Noreen that night.Thursday’s dig was the result of a report last month that someone had come forward to say a now-deceased relative may have been involved in the girl’s disappearance. The tip indicated that Noreen’s body may have been left in a car that was buried when roadwork was being carried out in 1963, according to Detective Sergeant Mitch Martin of the Durham police homicide unit.“We received some information that a car was buried in this area in 1963,” Martin said from the site of the dig Thursday morning.An extensive excavation in the area of Hwy. 57 and Concession Road 8 near Bowmanville.Durham police report two trenches were dug – one was about 150 feet long and the other was about 100 feet long. Each trench went down seven feet and metal detectors were used along the way, which could penetrate another three feet in depth. No evidence was located.Jeff Mitchell is the justice reporter for Metroland Media Group’s Durham Region Division. He can be reached at jmitchell@durhamregion.com