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Public response praised in hunt for OAP’s killer
12:17pm Tuesday 15th July 2008
Comments (5)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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Dissilusioned, says...
1:48pm Tue 15 Jul 08
This poor woman was tortured and died in a way that horrifies me - how could anyone do that to a person, particularly a 77 year old lady? Why wouldn't you want the perpetrators locked up if you knew anything that would help catch them? Why does it take money to encourage someone to pass information on to the police?
George, says...
3:12pm Tue 15 Jul 08
Dissilusioned wrote:The law currently doesn't really offer much protection for witnesses, and it's even more so given recent rulings that witnesses are no longer allowed to be anonymous when giving evidence in court. If these animals can happily torture a lovely old lady to death, I doubt they'd have much trouble killing - or arranging the killing of - a witness, either. Or the families of witnesses.
I think it's a very sad reflection on society that only when a
substantial reward is offered does anyone come forward with any
information. What ever happened to the belief that it's the right and
moral thing to do to report any information on a crime, without
financial incentives? This poor woman was tortured and died in a way
that horrifies me - how could anyone do that to a person, particularly
a 77 year old lady? Why wouldn't you want the perpetrators locked up if
you knew anything that would help catch them? Why does it take money to
encourage someone to pass information on to the police?
Yep, once upon a time the right and moral thing to do was stand up and report wrongdoings. But since the law stopped protecting those who did so, it's far less likely to happen. Why wouldn't I want the perpetrators locked up? I would, most definately. But I wouldn't want me or my family to suffer as a result. A quandary, I'm sure you'll agree. There isn't an easy moral answer. With £20k in your sky rocket, disappearing and starting again becomes an easier and more attractive prospect.
Really, regardless of motive, isn't it just a good thing that someone has come forward?
dertjul, says...
7:44pm Tue 15 Jul 08
Finlay, Des Moines - Iowa says...
5:52am Wed 16 Jul 08
Questions and we want answers -
Detective Chief Dollop 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."
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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.
Alternatively call game for a laugh - they need some good material like this
12:17pm Tuesday 15th July 2008
The public who were around six months earlier recall the incident with clarity -
"Yes he was on horseback wearing a yellow jersey with - "I am a murderer" on the front "
He was white ....or black maybe Chinese with breasts and a pretty dress about 4 foot tall or was it 6 foot tall and very thin with a fat gut and had a dog or was it an elephant? I could pick her out any day officer. His bald head with long blonde hair was quite distinctive - I remember as if it were only yesterday.
Well its only murder - so what. Now if it were a speeding offence or worse still, mickey mouse lighters or not wearing seatbelts we would sit up and listen
Couldnt make this up could you?
Georgina Edmonds
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Dixon, says...
12:32pm Tue 15 Jul 08
Why 6 months to ask about the vehicles ?