Carol Clark’s family says they hope to get closure after three decades of waiting for justice (Picture: PA)
A 30-year-old murder case could finally be solved soon after police received ‘new and significant’ information that reopened the case.
Carol Clark, 32, was discovered strangled with her neck broken in reeds and undergrowth on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal on March 28, 1993.
Two days before a dog walker found her, she had been seen getting into a car in the Montpelier area of Bristol where she lived at about 11.30pm.
A huge investigation was launched by Gloucestershire Police, but her killer was never found and could be still out in the community.
The young woman was found strangled with her neck broken in March 1993 (Picture: PA)
Close to the scene where Carol’s body was discovered (Picture: PA)
Three decades later, officers working on the case have reported an ‘encouraging development’ that has made them ‘more determined than ever to find Carol’s murderer’.
The victim’s family has said they ‘hope that this investigation will allow us some closure’.
But officers still need the public’s help and have urged people who can help ‘to search their consciences once again’.
Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Usher said: ‘Carol lived and worked in a very close-knit community, and it’s likely that some people with information about what happened to her remained silent, perhaps through fear or misplaced loyalty.
‘In the time that’s passed since, allegiances and loyalties will have changed, though, so I’m asking those people to search their consciences once again, 30 years after her death, to look at her photo, to think about the impact this continues to have on her loved ones and help bring the culprit to justice.
‘I still want information from anyone who may have seen something near the spot where Carol was found to come forward if they recall anything.
‘The location was overlooked by the Severn Way and on the weekend Carol was found it was the 200th anniversary celebrations of the British Waterways, so it would have been very busy, with foreign-registered vessels in the dock.
She had been seen getting into a car in the Montpelier area of Bristol before being found at the Sharpness Docks (Picture: PA)
‘Maybe you were there at the time but travelled back home without hearing about the case until now.
‘Whatever the reason, if you were there and now recall something please report it.’
He added that his thoughts were with Carol’s family, ‘who have remained so dignified and quietly determined through the most traumatic ordeal any family could experience’.
In a statement, the family confirmed they are aware that new inquiries are being pursued.
‘We are being updated by police family liaison officers and ask for our privacy to be respected at this time’, they added.
Carol Clark’s family says they hope to get closure after three decades of waiting for justice (Picture: PA)
A 30-year-old murder case could finally be solved soon after police received ‘new and significant’ information that reopened the case.
Carol Clark, 32, was discovered strangled with her neck broken in reeds and undergrowth on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal on March 28, 1993.
Two days before a dog walker found her, she had been seen getting into a car in the Montpelier area of Bristol where she lived at about 11.30pm.
A huge investigation was launched by Gloucestershire Police, but her killer was never found and could be still out in the community.
The young woman was found strangled with her neck broken in March 1993 (Picture: PA)
Close to the scene where Carol’s body was discovered (Picture: PA)
Three decades later, officers working on the case have reported an ‘encouraging development’ that has made them ‘more determined than ever to find Carol’s murderer’.
The victim’s family has said they ‘hope that this investigation will allow us some closure’.
But officers still need the public’s help and have urged people who can help ‘to search their consciences once again’.
Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Usher said: ‘Carol lived and worked in a very close-knit community, and it’s likely that some people with information about what happened to her remained silent, perhaps through fear or misplaced loyalty.
‘In the time that’s passed since, allegiances and loyalties will have changed, though, so I’m asking those people to search their consciences once again, 30 years after her death, to look at her photo, to think about the impact this continues to have on her loved ones and help bring the culprit to justice.
‘I still want information from anyone who may have seen something near the spot where Carol was found to come forward if they recall anything.
‘The location was overlooked by the Severn Way and on the weekend Carol was found it was the 200th anniversary celebrations of the British Waterways, so it would have been very busy, with foreign-registered vessels in the dock.
She had been seen getting into a car in the Montpelier area of Bristol before being found at the Sharpness Docks (Picture: PA)
‘Maybe you were there at the time but travelled back home without hearing about the case until now.
‘Whatever the reason, if you were there and now recall something please report it.’
He added that his thoughts were with Carol’s family, ‘who have remained so dignified and quietly determined through the most traumatic ordeal any family could experience’.
In a statement, the family confirmed they are aware that new inquiries are being pursued.
‘We are being updated by police family liaison officers and ask for our privacy to be respected at this time’, they added.
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