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The murder of a newly-wed who was picking blackberries in a Cardiff field that remains unsolved decades later
Just three months after friends and family gathered to celebrate Jean Chalinder's wedding, they were back at the same church to bury her.
Just weeks after that joyous occasion, the newly-wed was discovered brutally murdered in a Cardiff field where she had gone to pick blackberries. There was a major police operation that even involved Scotland Yard detectives and made headlines around the country, but today, more than six decades after the 32-year-old's shocking death, the murderer has never been found.
Jean's body was was discovered on September 20, 1956, a few days after she had cycled to a field to pick blackberries. Jean, who had only just married Wellfield Road grocer Tony Chalinder had left their home in Southminster Road, Roath, five days before and never returned.
Just three months after friends and family gathered to celebrate Jean Chalinder's wedding, they were back at the same church to bury her.
Just weeks after that joyous occasion, the newly-wed was discovered brutally murdered in a Cardiff field where she had gone to pick blackberries. There was a major police operation that even involved Scotland Yard detectives and made headlines around the country, but today, more than six decades after the 32-year-old's shocking death, the murderer has never been found.
Jean's body was was discovered on September 20, 1956, a few days after she had cycled to a field to pick blackberries. Jean, who had only just married Wellfield Road grocer Tony Chalinder had left their home in Southminster Road, Roath, five days before and never returned.