'I dug with my bare hands to find Lucille'

By Report and Picture: Georgie Burgess
Updated September 3 2015 - 7:36am, first published September 2 2015 - 10:33pm
John Fitzgerald, the boyfriend of Lucille Butterworth, has told an inquest how he searched tirelessly for her when she disappeared 46 years ago.
John Fitzgerald, the boyfriend of Lucille Butterworth, has told an inquest how he searched tirelessly for her when she disappeared 46 years ago.

LUCILLE Butterworth's boyfriend dug with his bare hands to try and find her body after an anonymous tip-off, an inquest has heard.

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