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It was the mystery which baffled the nation: grandmother Trevaline Evans vanished into thin air on a summer’s day in 1990 after leaving a note on the door of her antiques shop in the Welsh town of Llangollen saying, ‘Back in two minutes’.
Now a former carpet fitter has revealed that he spotted a stranger in the small town, set in a World Heritage site in Denbighshire, on the day that she disappeared - and he bore an extraordinary resemblance to double murderer Christopher Halliwell.
The fitter, who wishes to remain anonymous, stated that he had seen the man, who was ‘acting strangely’, three times during the time of the 52-year-old’s disappearance, once on the day before she vanished, and twice on the day itself.
Speaking to Silent Witness star Emilia Fox and criminologist Professor David Wilson, on their cold case investigation series In the Footsteps of Killers, he said: ‘I gave a statement to North Wales Police. The police contacted me several times later but they told me there was no trace of that vehicle. It had disappeared.’
It was on June 16, 1990, that Trevaline went missing. She left her shop, Attic Antiques, around 12.40pm, displaying the note on the door, and went to buy an apple and banana.
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The last sighting of Trevaline was near her home on Market Street at 2.30pm. Five minutes later a woman matching her description was spotting walking out of the town along the A5 towards Corwell. There was a similar sighting at 3.45pm.
Det Chief Insp Colin Edwards, who was heading the continuing investigation, said at the time: ‘It is without doubt the strangest inquiry I have ever been involved with. How a happily married woman could vanish without trace on a sunny Saturday morning in a busy town centre is totally baffling.’
Four men have been linked to her disappearance: Trevaline’s late husband Richard, who was arrested and released without charge; a ‘smartly-dressed man’, who was seen with her the day before she went missing and had never been traced; serial killer Robin Ligus; and a stranger who resembled double murderer Halliwell.
The stranger was first spotted in Llangollen the day before Trevaline disappeared. ‘I was just off Market Street with a work colleague fitting a carpet and we had actually got the carpet out on the street,’ revealed the fitter, who has lived in the town for most of his life.
A man walked along Market Street but he didn’t engage with us at all. He was acting strangely really. We had full view of him. He was quite tall and he had big eyes, I remember big staring eyes. He turned round and walked back down Market Street.’
The following morning, he spotted him again. ‘I was going up the Horseshoe Pass at about 7.45ish,’ he added. ‘There was a camper van parked on the verge and as I approached it, the same man I saw on Friday night came out of the camper van.
‘It was definitely the same guy as I had seen on Friday night....'
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Now a former carpet fitter has revealed that he spotted a stranger in the small town, set in a World Heritage site in Denbighshire, on the day that she disappeared - and he bore an extraordinary resemblance to double murderer Christopher Halliwell.
The fitter, who wishes to remain anonymous, stated that he had seen the man, who was ‘acting strangely’, three times during the time of the 52-year-old’s disappearance, once on the day before she vanished, and twice on the day itself.
Speaking to Silent Witness star Emilia Fox and criminologist Professor David Wilson, on their cold case investigation series In the Footsteps of Killers, he said: ‘I gave a statement to North Wales Police. The police contacted me several times later but they told me there was no trace of that vehicle. It had disappeared.’
It was on June 16, 1990, that Trevaline went missing. She left her shop, Attic Antiques, around 12.40pm, displaying the note on the door, and went to buy an apple and banana.
[...]
The last sighting of Trevaline was near her home on Market Street at 2.30pm. Five minutes later a woman matching her description was spotting walking out of the town along the A5 towards Corwell. There was a similar sighting at 3.45pm.
Det Chief Insp Colin Edwards, who was heading the continuing investigation, said at the time: ‘It is without doubt the strangest inquiry I have ever been involved with. How a happily married woman could vanish without trace on a sunny Saturday morning in a busy town centre is totally baffling.’
Four men have been linked to her disappearance: Trevaline’s late husband Richard, who was arrested and released without charge; a ‘smartly-dressed man’, who was seen with her the day before she went missing and had never been traced; serial killer Robin Ligus; and a stranger who resembled double murderer Halliwell.
The stranger was first spotted in Llangollen the day before Trevaline disappeared. ‘I was just off Market Street with a work colleague fitting a carpet and we had actually got the carpet out on the street,’ revealed the fitter, who has lived in the town for most of his life.
A man walked along Market Street but he didn’t engage with us at all. He was acting strangely really. We had full view of him. He was quite tall and he had big eyes, I remember big staring eyes. He turned round and walked back down Market Street.’
The following morning, he spotted him again. ‘I was going up the Horseshoe Pass at about 7.45ish,’ he added. ‘There was a camper van parked on the verge and as I approached it, the same man I saw on Friday night came out of the camper van.
‘It was definitely the same guy as I had seen on Friday night....'
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Could murderer Christopher Halliwell be behind another disappearance?
It was the mystery which baffled the nation: grandmother Trevaline Evans vanished into thin air on a summer's day in 1990 after leaving a note on the door of her antiques shop.
