Police have begun a major forensic search at a rural property near Badgingarra near where the teenager Hayley Dodd went missing in 1999.
GROUND penetrating machinery is being used on a Badgingarra property after police reviewed the case of missing teenager Hayley Dodd.
Several people are being questioned by police after they began a major forensic search at a rural property on North West Road, 10km east of the the Wheatbelt town, near where the teenager went missing in 1999.
The forensic search was initiated after the Special Crime Squad conducted a review into the case.
The search is not related to the current residents at the property.
PICTURES: Police search Badgingarra property
Hayley Dodd, rear, who disappeared while hitch-hiking near Badgingarra, about 210km north of Perth in July 1999.
Officers from the special crime squad and forensic officers have been at the home since early this afternoon, while two mobile police facilities are also at the scene.
State Crime Acting Commander Scott Higgins said Hayley's family had been briefed on developments.
Hayley's disappearance remains one of WA's most baffling and still unsolved missing person cases.
The 17-year-old was last seen walking along North West Road, about 200km north of Perth, after picking up a lift while hitch-hiking from Dongara.
Police investigate a property at Badgingarra in relation to the disappearance of Hayley Dodd 14 years ago. Picture: supplied
Today, forensic officers used specialised ground penetrating machinery in their search of the farm, which is expected to take several days.
State Crime Acting Commander Scott Higgins. Picture: file image Source: News Limited
Acting Commander Higgins said information had been uncovered recently that led Special Crime detectives back to the property.
He said the house had been visited by police in the past and those being questioned had been previously interviewed.
Margaret Dodd holds a photograph of her missing daughter Hayley with her father Ray, taken in January 1998, about 18 months before she disappeared.
"Part of this investigation includes a forensic search of a property in Badgingarra and further interviews with a number of different people," Acting Commander Higgins said.
"A review was conducted as part of the Special Crime squad's protocols into the disappearance. As a result of that, some information was uncovered which led us to go back to that property to conduct a proper forensic search.
"We're continually looking at new ways of examining as scientific breakthroughs come through, legislation changes, policy changes.
"We're searching for evidence which will help us uncover what happened to Hayley.
"Some of the people have been interviewed before but I'm not going to go into the specific details of individuals."
Acting Commander Higgins said detectives spoke to Hayley's mother, Margaret, about the search today.
"Hayley's disappearance has long been a case that has proven difficult but one that WA
Police remain committed to solving," he said.
"We know the family members of long term missing persons and unsolved homicide victims
suffer, and we want to find the answers that may bring them some comfort."
In an interview with PerthNow in June this year, Mrs Dodd said she hoped a coronial inquest, set down for January, would finally bring her and her family some closure.
"I am hoping for some answers, whether we get that is another story but hopefully people that the police are interested in can be called (as witnesses) and questioned and maybe we can find out what happened to Hayley," Mrs Dodd said in the June interview.
"Hopefully something new comes out of it and we get some sort of result.''
Mrs Dodd described the past 14 years without her daughter as "mentally challenging'' and said there was no doubt in her mind Hayley had been abducted.
Police investigate a property at Badgingarra in relation to the disappearance of Hayley Dodd 14 years ago. Picture: supplied Source: Supplied
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