2014
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''FINNISH hitchhiker Eila Karjalainen’s decomposing body was found dumped in a wood on the Blenheim estate in November 1983.
The 23-year-old had been strangled and her body lay undiscovered for three months in Kings Wood in Woodstock.
Her rucksack and belongings including her passport were found in a layby on the A40 near Barnard Gate, near Witney, three weeks after her remains were found.
Her murder case was re-opened in 1987 by detectives searching for the killer of 17-year-old Rachel Partridge, who was murdered after trying to hitch a lift to her home at Shaw’s Field Farm, Chinnor Hill, but no clear links were proven.''
2004
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''A renewed appeal is being made for information about the unsolved murder of a Finnish backpacker whose strangled body was found in Oxfordshire 21 years ago.
On November 25, 1983, the decomposed remains of 23-year-old Eila Karjalainen, pictured, were found in dense undergrowth at King's Wood, part of the Blenheim Estate.''
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''Eila arrived at Harwich on August 2, 1983, and was planning to see as much of England as she could by hitchhiking her way around during a two-week holiday before she started a course in mental health nursing.
She left London on August 7, heading west on the A40 to Oxford. But she failed to return home to Helsinki as planned on August 14.
Four months later her body was found, and two weeks later she was identified after her backpack was discovered seven miles away in a layby off the A40 between Oxford and Witney.
It is thought that someone may have found the pack unaware of the murder and dumped it when they realised its significance.''
Working to bring their killers to justice at last
THE DEATHS of 10 people in Oxfordshire are still classified as unsolved murders by police.
''FINNISH hitchhiker Eila Karjalainen’s decomposing body was found dumped in a wood on the Blenheim estate in November 1983.
The 23-year-old had been strangled and her body lay undiscovered for three months in Kings Wood in Woodstock.
Her rucksack and belongings including her passport were found in a layby on the A40 near Barnard Gate, near Witney, three weeks after her remains were found.
Her murder case was re-opened in 1987 by detectives searching for the killer of 17-year-old Rachel Partridge, who was murdered after trying to hitch a lift to her home at Shaw’s Field Farm, Chinnor Hill, but no clear links were proven.''
2004
New bid to solve murder
A renewed appeal is being made for information about the unsolved murder of a Finnish backpacker whose strangled body was found in Oxfordshire 21…
On November 25, 1983, the decomposed remains of 23-year-old Eila Karjalainen, pictured, were found in dense undergrowth at King's Wood, part of the Blenheim Estate.''
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''Eila arrived at Harwich on August 2, 1983, and was planning to see as much of England as she could by hitchhiking her way around during a two-week holiday before she started a course in mental health nursing.
She left London on August 7, heading west on the A40 to Oxford. But she failed to return home to Helsinki as planned on August 14.
Four months later her body was found, and two weeks later she was identified after her backpack was discovered seven miles away in a layby off the A40 between Oxford and Witney.
It is thought that someone may have found the pack unaware of the murder and dumped it when they realised its significance.''
