UK UK- Janet Brown, 51, research nurse, found nude, gagged, handcuffed & bludgeoned to death, @ home, Buckinghamshire,10 April '95, *DNA, new initiative*

[Cedars]

??? A victim is found naked and there is near-immediate rule out that it wasn't sexual??
Wut?

I think police may have stated, back in the beginning, that there was no evidence of sexual assault, and that's been misinterpreted by journalists.

IMO many journalists don't understand the subtleties of crime or police investigations. And yet they are the ones who filter the information we get. So often it gives the impression that police are the problem, but really it's the media interpretation.

 

[tes1984]

BBC One - Crimewatch Live, Series 22, Search for Truth The 15th October is when crimewatch live will be doing Janets case again.

Thames Valley Police have been re-investigating Janet's murder for a while now, and are doing everything they can (within current UK laws) to match the DNA.

I hope Crimewatch starts featuring a lot more cold cases. As the police always say, loyalties and allegiances change over time.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

I have just seen the new Crimewatch item. The detective said that he didn't think it was a burglary. Sadly, there was no new information. If the police have learnt anything about this case in the past 30 years, they are not divulging it. They rely on getting a DNA match.