The family are willing to have her body exhumed so a sample can be taken from her bone marrow if the DNA search finds any possible matches. 'It has been loaded onto the missing person database and forensic scientist are comparing samples to any crime scene data.'
Joanne Kane, for Sussex Police, said: 'A new family DNA profile has been taken already. 'Police databases could identify the person who touched that bra.' DNA on the bra other than that of Jessie and would lead to suspicion a person was responsible for her death. 'If the killer used that bra, it is likely to yield DNA from the killer. Sussex Police have also been asked to do a thorough search of their archives and provide an audit trail of evidence collected before the first inquest.
The High Court ordered a new inquest after the original 1989 Sussex Police investigation was ruled insufficient.Ī pre-inquest hearing was told DNA has already been taken from her parents and police forensic experts are searching databases for a match to any crime scene. When her body was found nine years after her disappearance, she was naked and her wrists bound with her own bra.Ī post mortem found her cause of death to be unascertainable and an inquest held four months later recorded an open verdict.īut a cold case review by Sussex Police in 2000 meant her disappearance started to be examined as a potential murder.
The now-75-year-old was living nearby in Brighton when Jessie disappeared and she had described meeting a middle-aged Scottish man at Beachy Head to her mother. They believe serial killer Peter Tobin - who had a hoard of unknown women's jewellery at his home - could be responsible. Jessie Earl was 22 in 1980 when she disappeared near Beachy Head, East Sussex, leaving her parents John and Val to endure four decades of grief and uncertainty.
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