Mysterious murder of woman 30 years ago could have a breakthrough

Detectives have issued a fresh plea for information to aid an investigation into the death of a woman near a canal 30 years ago.

Carol Clark was found by a dog walker buried under reeds by the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal on March 28, 1993.

The 32-year-old woman was found with a broken neck having been strangled to death.

She was last seen getting into a Volvo at around 11.30pm on March 26, wearing a black baseball cap, brown leather jacket, blue denim mini skirt, black polo-necked jumper and plain blue T-shirt.

Ms Clark was found wearing only her underwear and boots.

The rest of her clothes were never recovered.

Despite a large-scale murder investigation, detectives have so far been unable to trace her murderer.

However the case was reopened three years ago after an unnamed witness said they had seen a woman matching the description of Ms Clark walking on the Berkley bypass with two men.

Two men remain under investigation after being arrested on suspicion of murder; a 69-year-old man from Gloucestershire , a 48-year-old man from Lincolnshire .

A further suspect, a 66-year-old man from Newcastle , was also arrested but has since been ruled out.

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Detectives are calling on anyone else with information to come forward on the 33rd anniversary of Ms Clark’s death.

DCI Wayne Usher : ‘I am convinced someone out there knows what happened to Carol and we remain committed to doing everything we can to secure justice for her and her family.

He said: ‘This weekend marks the 33rd anniversary of the day her body was discovered and so we wanted to use this opportunity to once again appeal for anyone who may have information which could help us.

‘We strongly suspect Carol was alive all of Saturday 27 March 1993 and she was potentially with two men.

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‘We also suspect Carol’s body will have been left at Sharpness Docks in daylight hours at a time when there were lots of people around celebrating the 200th anniversary of the British Waterways.

‘Carol was wearing distinctive clothing at the time she went missing and so we are once again asking anyone who can recall seeing her that Saturday or seeing anyone behaving suspiciously to contact us.

‘You could have the final piece of the jigsaw which helps us catch those responsible for her death.’
He added: ‘We remain in contact with Carol’s family and are committed to providing them with any updates on significant developments in our investigation.’
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