The body of murdered Sydney schoolgirl Quanne Diec could lie in bushland off a road south of the city with police ruling out the home of her accused murderer as a potential burial site.
NSW Police are again searching for Quanne's body, this time off Appin Road at Cataract almost two decades after she vanished.
Detective Inspector Glen Parks told reporters at the search site on Monday that police are hopeful they'll find Quanne's remains there.
"We're going to do everything we can to ensure that we do all we can to search the area," he said.
Quanne was abducted a few hundred metres from her Granville home on her way to school on the morning of July 27, 1998.
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She never arrived and was reported missing by her parents that afternoon. She was just 12.
Vinzent Tarantino, who lived several hundred metres from the Diec family home at the time, remains before the courts charged with Quanne's murder.
In November the 49-year-old led police to an area of dense bush at Bulli Tops, near Wollongong, where Quanne's body was believed to be buried, however, no remains were found.
Det Insp Parks would not comment on whether police believe Tarantino had buried her remains or left them in the bush.
"That's something that as investigators we should only know and those things will come out when the matter is before the courts," he told reporters.
He did confirm police had ruled out Tarantino's home as a possible location for Quanne's body.
It's hoped the renewed search will end Quanne's family's heartbreaking search for answers.
"There's been a lot of experienced, a lot of dedicated investigators who have worked on this job from the word go and they are willing to do anything they can to assist us," Det Insp Parks said on Monday.
