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

[dotr]

Are the police still linking Janet Brown’s murder with Carolanne Jackson’s?

News link within first post of CJ's thread a possible connection is mentioned, but not confirmed..

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UK Post in thread 'UK- Carolanne Jackson, 50, jewellery & antiques dealer, bound, bludgeoned & asphyxiated, @ home, Buckinghamshire, 11 April 1997, *New initiative*'

Jul 17, 2025

Was Carolanne accosted outside her home, or did someone actually break into the property?

''Police said the intruder may have waited for Ms Jackson to return from a trip abroad on Friday night and entered her home as she was unloading her car.."

To me, that's based on more than just wild speculation. Police have no proof, but it seems to me they wouldn't mention it if there was evidence of other possibilities, such as signs of a break in, glass cut or glass smashed.

It seems likely they also found the victim's luggage as yet unpacked, and it's unlikely there was evidence the...

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Murdered jewellery dealer lived in fear of stalker

A jewellery dealer murdered in her home by an intruder had complained to police at least twice about a stalker, it was disclosed yesterday.

www.independent.co.uk

''Police are examining possible links with the murder of Janet Brown, 50, a nurse who was found battered to death at her farmhouse in Radnage, Buckinghamshire, two years ago. Supt Partridge said there were certain similarities between the cases but there were no strong links to indicate the killer was the same person.''

 

[rvlvr]

Hadn’t come across that YouTube channel before, one of the first videos I saw featured the murder of Sara Cameron in Newcastle, her killer was caught four years after the crime after being arrested for criminal damage and having his DNA taken. Can only hope Janet’s killer does something similar, if he’s still alive.

Life for killer trapped by chance DNA test

A moody loner was jailed for life yesterday after a chance DNA test proved that he strangled a woman sports student four years ago.

www.theguardian.com

Just watched the new Crimewatch piece, thought it was really well done. One thing that stood out to me that I don’t think I’d heard or read before was Roxanne saying she’d been for a run in the area around the home that morning. If she did this regularly I wonder if that caught someone’s eye. I’ve always thought Janet was the likely target but I guess it’s possible someone had developed an unhealthy interest in Roxanne.

 

[tes1984]

Just watched the new Crimewatch piece, thought it was really well done. One thing that stood out to me that I don’t think I’d heard or read before was Roxanne saying she’d been for a run in the area around the home that morning. If she did this regularly I wonder if that caught someone’s eye. I’ve always thought Janet was the likely target but I guess it’s possible someone had developed an unhealthy interest in Roxanne.

I didn't realise that Roxanne had spent so much time at home that day, not leaving for her evening out until 5pm. IIRC the earlier Crimewatch reconstruction shows her going out for a daytime driving lesson.

I think the killer targets both of them. Timeline wise, he wouldn't have had much opportunity to discover Janet was home alone that night. Is it possible that he spends such a long time in the property waiting (hoping) that Roxanne will return?

 

[rvlvr]

That’s a very good explanation for the time he apparently spent in the house, I think.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

The intruder(s) could not have known that Roxanne would be away that evening. I also think that he/they targeted both Janet and Roxanne. If he was someone who spied on women in the area, he could have previously identified them as two women living alone. If he expected Roxanne to be there, how would Janet have replied when he asked where she was? If he asked and Janet said she was on a sleepover, would the intruder have accepted that or would he have waited for her to return? In that location, a 17 year old girl would be unlikely to be on foot, so, if he had waited, he would have run the risk that a boyfriend, or male friend, would drive her home and enter the house.

Is it significant that this happened during the school holidays? Were there two intruders, doing this because it wasn't a school night? If they were teenagers, maybe they were less likely to have travelled some distance (in their parents' car?) and if they had recently passed their driving test, they would have been unlikely to have driven far from home before.

However, Radnage is only a few miles from High Wycombe.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

"Hadn’t come across that YouTube channel before"

What youtube channel please?