Public response praised in hunt for OAP’s killer

DETECTIVES have welcomed the response to their public appeal for help into the murder of Hampshire grandmother Georgina Edmonds.

More than 1,500 people were spoken to by police who visited Kiln Lane in Brambridge where the 77-year-old was found stabbed to death six months ago.

Police also visited local pubs as they handed out CCTV images of a man seen using Mrs Edmonds' bank card at a cashpoint at Tesco Express in Twyford Road, Eastleigh, on the night she was killed.

Other images included shoppers using the store around the same time, and since Friday's activities police say two people have now come forward following the fresh appeal in the Daily Echo.

£20,000 reward The activity came as the pensioner's family raised the reward for information to £20,000 to help find her killer.

Detective Chief Insp Paul Barton said: "The response from the community has been very positive. We still believe that the community holds vital information, no matter how small or irrelevant you think it might be, it could be crucial to our investigation."

Police have now released information about vehicles they are still trying to trace that were seen in Kiln Lane on Friday, January 11.

These are:

• A black 4x4 parked by the cemetery or bridge.
• A grey or silver Rover 416.
• A small white van parked by the cemetery.
• A silver 4 x4 parked by the cemetery or bridge.
• A green estate car seen in The Close, off Kiln Lane.
• A grey Volvo estate.
• A light coloured Fiesta parked by the bridge.

Anyone with any information should call the Operation Columbian team at Hulse Road on 0845 045 4545 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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