Stay updated with breaking news from Supt heater. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Detectives investigating the murders of two lovers shot dead 35 years ago have launched a fresh appeal for information after crucial evidence was lost. Peter Thurgood, 47, and his lover Lindy Benstead, 49, were killed with a shotgun at point-blank range in a country clearing on Chapel Common in Rake, West Sussex, in 1986. Mr Thurgood was found slumped by the side of a hire car with gunshot wounds to his head and chest while married mother-of-three Mrs Benstead was found on the ground nearby. Detectives at the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team have now launched a fresh appeal for information over the double murder - which was dubbed the Lovers Lane killings. ....
Jennifer Kiely, 35, was killed in a seafront shelter in Eastbourne in January 2005. The mum-of-three had been stabbed repeatedly, then her body was burned when the shelter was torched. Sussex Police have reopened the investigation after new evidence came to light. The force made an appeal on BBC Crimewatch this week, where vital new details were revealed which could help to finally catch Jennifer’s killer. Her mother Margaret Kiely said: “I think of her every day. Somebody, somewhere, knows who is responsible.” Detective Superintendent Emma Heater said DNA was left at the crime scene and scientists have now found new ways to test it. ....