A body found in the search for missing student Libby Squire is 'believed to be a woman', sources said today.
Officers found a body in the Humber Estuary near Grimsby Docks yesterday but Humberside Police said it was too early to confirm whether it was the 21-year-old.
The University of Hull student, who is originally from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, has not been seen since the early hours of February 1.
She had been on a night out in Hull but is believed to have been refused entry to The Welly nightclub and put in a taxi by her friends.
Regarding yesterday's discovery, a spokesperson from North East Lincolnshire Coroner's Office today told MailOnline: 'We believe it is a woman's body'.
University of Hull student Libby Squire, 21, who is originally from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, was last seen in the early hours of February 1 this year
A body has been recovered from the Humber Estuary (pictured yesterday), police have confirmed and a spokesman for the coroner's office today said it is believed to be of a woman
Libby Squire has not been seen since the early hours of February 1. A timeline shows how the police investigation has progressed since her disappearance. And today a body was recovered from the Humber Estuary near Grimsby docks
Miss Squire was dropped off near her house at 11.29pm on February 1 and was last seen walking in a nearby road at 12.05am wearing a black skirt, black leather jacket and distinctive trainers.
Yesterday, Humberside Police revealed that a body had been recovered from the Humber Estuary, in close proximity to Grimsby Docks.
The RNLI launched from Cleethorpes at about 2.30pm and brought the body to the quayside, where there was a large police presence.
A spokesman for the force said: 'At this stage it is too early for any identification or confirmation of gender to be made.
'Further information will be released as soon as we are in a position that we are able to do so.'
While a spokesman for the RNLI said: 'Lifeboat crews from the RNLI's Humber and Cleethorpes stations launched at 2.30pm this afternoon to a report of a casualty in the water.'
Officers cordoned off an area of the dock and a blue tarpaulin could be seen alongside the boat, covering something on the ground.
A number of uniformed officers could be seen and what appeared to be detectives.
Police have been engaged in a desperate search for the 21-year-old ever since she went missing earlier this year.
Russell and Lisa Squire, the parents of missing student Libby Squire, made an emotional appeal for information in helping to find her soon after she went missing
Also still missing are two men who tragically jumped from the Humber Bridge within minutes of each other in the early hours of December 29.
Sam Conlin, 24, from Hull, is believed to have taken his own life after an eight year battle with his mental health.
The second man, believed to be in his 40s from Grimsby, was not named by police at the time.
Moments prior to Libby Squire's disappearance she was spotted on a security camera near a bench on Beverley Road, where a motorist stopped to offer her help.
And a woman living in a street close to Miss Squire's home later said she heard a scream which she said 'sounded like someone being attacked'.
The woman said the 'nature' of the noise -
