COPS have found “human remains” in the hunt for the body of a mum-of-three killed more than a decade ago.

Rania Alayed, 25, was murdered by Ahmed Al-Khatib in June 2013 after she was lured to his brother’s flat in Salford, Greater Manchester.

Al-Khatib was 34 when he was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years in June 2014 after being convicted of murder.

Rania’s remains were thought to be buried in a copse near the A19 at Thirsk, North Yorkshire, but have never been found.

Police were carrying out searches near the A19 after “receiving new information” in a new bid to find her final resting place.

Now the force has said they have discovered human remains, which they believe are Rania’s.

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Tragic Rania Alayed, 25, died at the hands of her evil husband Ahmed Al-Khatib, 35, for becoming “too Westernised”.He snapped after she sought help from lawyers in a desperate bid to escape her unhappy marriage.She fled the family home and enrolled at a college making new friends and started a relationship with a man she met on the internet.But she vanished in June 2013 and her body has never been found.Al-Khatib, who was convicted of her murder and sentenced to 20 years behind bars, has never revealed where he buried her.But in a dramatic development officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have begun to dig at the roadside on the A19 in Thirsk, North Yorkshire.A digger was seen lifting swathes of turf as a team of officers - including a cadaver dog - began the painstaking search on an embankment as cars and lorries hurtled past.GMP said it was acting on “new information” and concentrating its efforts on the outskirts of the picturesque market town.A spokeswoman said: "We are carrying out a detailed search in relation to recovering the body of Rania Alayed.