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''The case featured on the BBC programme Crimewatch in October 1990 with
viewers being told a blue car had been seen outside the house at about 4.45pm.''
Aeolian House, where Ann Heron lived
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Ann Heron's death sparked a media frenzy at the time before being featured in a Channel 5 documentary earlier this year.
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''She was also known to feel frightened by her home,
Aeolian House, which was a conspicuous building on the main road to the airport. She was known to not want to be alone in the building.''
''On August 3, 1990, it seemed like a normal day except for the heatwave across the north east of England and so Ann said she would spend the day sunbathing in her bikini while her husband went shopping with a friend, before returning for lunch.
Peter was back at work by 2pm and at around 2.30pm, Ann spoke to a friend on the phone and was reportedly in a good mood.''
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She was spotted sunbathing at 3.30pm at the front of the house where she had moved to avoid grass being blown into the back from a nearby tractor. I
t was the last known sighting of Ann alive.''
''A taxi driver reported a blue car speeding away from the scene at around 5pm - the time police believe Ann was killed. The driver was described as being between 35 and 45 with a suntanned complexion and short, dark hair.''
The much-loved mum was originally from Scotland and moved to Darlington in the mid-80s
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''And on July 18, 1990, two weeks before Ann was murdered, two women were attacked on a footpath beside the River Wear in Durham by a man who grabbed them and threatened them with a knife.
An artist’s impression of their attacker, which was shown on Crimewatch looks like Benson, she added.
"He was an escaped prisoner with a propensity for violence including assault with a shotgun, robbery with a carving knife, and burglary," she said.
"His whereabouts were unknown to police at the time as he'd escaped [from jail], and he had ties to the local area."
After Ann's death someone claiming to be 'The Killer' sent sick letters to her family, the police, and newspaper The Northern Echo.
At the time detectives said publicly that they believed the handwritten notes had come from the killer, and were not a hoax, said Mrs Jarvie.
Earlier this year, Benson's ex wife, Ruth Bennet, was shown one of these letters by The Sun newspaper, and confirmed it was his handwriting.''