<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Divers will search through water and mangroves today as a part of a fresh search for the remains of Melissa Trussell after her disappearance 25 years ago.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The South Australian schoolgirl was </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-cold-case-murder-and-disappearance-of-mother-and-daughter-rosemary-brown-and-melissa-trussell/8d4bb15c-e8a4-4772-ba11-a69f17c9e3ee" rel="" target="_blank" title="last seen with her mother Rosemary Brown"><span>last seen with her mother Rosemary Brown</span></a><span> in Blair Athol in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="" title="Adelaide"><span>Adelaide</span></a><span>'s north at about 2.30am on Saturday, May 13 in 2000.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Melissa was 15 at the time of her disappearance and her mother was 33.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/felix-baumgartner-skydiver-dies-paragliding-accident-italy/9e18f39c-6a1d-45b9-9ac8-452ec76c88d5" target="_blank"><strong><span>The man who skydived from space dies in freak accident</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rosemary's body was found in mangroves at Garden Island in Adelaide's north-west on Sunday, July 2 in 2000.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, her daughter was never located and police suspect she was murdered.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As a part of a comprehensive cold case review, police will focus on a previously unsearched area on the northern side of Garden Island today.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/fresh-search-under-way-for-missing-schoolgirl-melissa-trussell-25-years-after-her-disappearance-garden-island-adelaide-south-australia-cold-case/da2ebc14-3232-491c-812d-7eb037339bbc" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/continuous-glucose-monitor-subsidy-type-2-diabetes-exclusive/6ef11a04-9a0f-4e1a-bf88-fefb90101259" target="_blank"><strong><span>Dyan is forced to choose between her health and paying rent</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are also exploring new leads and examining pieces of evidence using new and advanced DNA testing technology.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>South Australia Police detective superintendent Darren Fielke said police were "hopeful" they could find Melissa's remains.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This search demonstrates that we will not give up looking for answers," Fielke said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will continue to investigate this matter and will not stop until we can provide closure and hopefully justice for the loved ones of both Rosemary Brown and Melissa Trussell."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier this month, the family of Melissa issued a public plea for information 25 years after Rosemary's body was discovered.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Melissa's sister Kayla said the family had experienced "decades of pain" and just wanted answers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's all that we can really ask for," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>""She was my best friend, we were just so close."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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