A volunteer team using cadaver detection dogs to search for the body of a British child who disappeared in Australia more than 50 years ago has found an area of interest. The group hopes their finding is a breakthrough in Cheryl Grimmer's case and has reported the location to New South Wales Police, who are now on the scene. Authorities suspect the three-year-old, who emigrated from Bristol with her family, was abducted from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong in January 1970. A search will be conducted tomorrow with the assistance of specialist officers as part of ongoing inquiries, police told the BBC in a statement. Today, bathed in the sun, the beach looks as idyllic as it must have been all those years ago. From the sand dunes, looking inland, the terrain gradually climbs into dense bushland. A short drive up into the hills, there's a small pocket of woodland on the edge of an upmarket suburb that could reveal a terrible secret. Balgownie was the location mentioned in a confession made by a teenage boy - also from England - a year after the toddler vanished. Decades later, a judge disallowed that admission. In 2019, a trial of the suspect, known only by a codename, Mercury, who'd been charged with Cheryl Grimmer's abduction and murder, collapsed. The man, in his 60s, had denied any wrongdoing. The canine search team, led by Chris D'Arcy, believes it has made a potential breakthrough in the Grimmer case. Mr. D'Arcy mentioned that the dog showed a distinct change in behavior at the site of the area of interest. Ricki Nash, Cheryl's brother, expressed hope but also fear at the prospects of what could be uncovered, expressing the statement that if it is Cheryl out there – she has been there for 55 years now – she shouldn't have been. The search continues amid community support and the enduring pain of the Grimmer family, who seek closure after decades of unanswered questions.