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<v Speaker 1>Hi, and welcome back to The Unseen Podcast, a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>dedicated to missing people, unresolved cases, and UK true crime.

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<v Speaker 1>In today's episode, we are exploring the murder of Sheryl

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<v Speaker 1>Shackleton in London in nineteen ninety one, and it's originally

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<v Speaker 1>an episode that I posted on Patreon a year ago.

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<v Speaker 1>These episodes are just as important as the ones that

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<v Speaker 1>I put up on the main feed, and I will

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<v Speaker 1>be releasing these episodes now and again so that these

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<v Speaker 1>unsolved cases also get more publicity. This is one such

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<v Speaker 1>case that needs the extra exposure. Today we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>be covering the nineteen ninety one murder of Sheryl Shackleton.

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<v Speaker 1>Her murder was both unexplained and strange, given her body

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<v Speaker 1>was recovered far away from where she was known to

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<v Speaker 1>live and there were no reasons why she would have

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<v Speaker 1>been there. There were many aspects of the case which

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<v Speaker 1>had no explanation, including much of Sheryl's actions before she

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<v Speaker 1>was murdered. This episode contains descriptions that some listeners may

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<v Speaker 1>find distressing, so listener discretion is advised. On February the third,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety one, a dog walker was taking a stroll

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<v Speaker 1>through Telegraph Hill Park in Broccoli in South London. It

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<v Speaker 1>was around five thirty am and the time that many

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<v Speaker 1>dog walkers decided to leave their homes to travel to

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<v Speaker 1>nearby parks. Telegraph Hill is a popular spot for walkers,

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<v Speaker 1>given that it's a relatively small park, was an excellent

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<v Speaker 1>view of London. This dog walker, however, came across a

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<v Speaker 1>disturbing discovery. On his journey into the park that day,

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<v Speaker 1>he discovered the partially closed body of a woman. It

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<v Speaker 1>appeared that she'd been what has been described as posed

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<v Speaker 1>in a grotesque position, and she had clear injuries to

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<v Speaker 1>her body. It was evident that this woman had been

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<v Speaker 1>attacked and possibly beaten. Given the injuries noted and the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that she was partially clothed also gave rise to

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<v Speaker 1>lots of questions. The police were immediately called to the scene,

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<v Speaker 1>which was cordoned off and analyzed. The woman's body was

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<v Speaker 1>sent for a post martem to establish cause of death,

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<v Speaker 1>and this information was extremely useful. The initial injuries were

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<v Speaker 1>the result of what seemed to be a sustained attack.

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<v Speaker 1>The woman had a ruptured spleen along with hemorrhaging. She

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<v Speaker 1>had suffered exposure from the cold weather in February, and

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<v Speaker 1>her cause of death was listed to strangulation. The post

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<v Speaker 1>martem could not ascertain whether she had been sexually assaulted,

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<v Speaker 1>but the way that the body had been posed after

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<v Speaker 1>death suggested a possible sexual mode behind the murder. This

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<v Speaker 1>immediately sparked a murder investigation, and the Metropolitan Police knew

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<v Speaker 1>that they were looking for a killer who had no

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<v Speaker 1>concerns about murdering a woman and leaving her out in

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<v Speaker 1>the cold in a public park. This was a very

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<v Speaker 1>dangerous person and it was crucial that they find them.

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<v Speaker 1>The problem in this investigation was that they did not

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<v Speaker 1>know who this woman was, and trying to identify her

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<v Speaker 1>was proving difficult. Police turned to the BBC show Crime

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<v Speaker 1>Watch in an effort to try an identify her, given

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<v Speaker 1>that the woman had nothing with her that could help

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<v Speaker 1>with this. The program with the segment about the unidentified

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<v Speaker 1>victim was aired in February nineteen ninety one, that same

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<v Speaker 1>month that she was found. The woman was described as

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<v Speaker 1>being about thirty years old with blue gray eyes. She

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<v Speaker 1>was five feet tall and wore size ten clothes. The

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<v Speaker 1>woman's outfit was also shown on the program insisted of

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<v Speaker 1>black trousers, a mustard yellow colored waistcoat along with a

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<v Speaker 1>black shawl with tassels on the end, along with black boots.

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<v Speaker 1>The program also explained that they did know something about

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<v Speaker 1>the woman's movements despite not knowing her identity. The woman

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<v Speaker 1>had reportedly been seen on a ferry from France and

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<v Speaker 1>had told people that she was on her way back

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<v Speaker 1>from visiting her ex husband in Paris. The woman was English,

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<v Speaker 1>as noted by witnesses. The same woman had also been

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<v Speaker 1>spotted on the one four to one bus around eleven

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<v Speaker 1>thirty pm the Saturday evening before her body had been

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<v Speaker 1>found in the New Cross area where Telegraph Hill Park

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<v Speaker 1>was located. As well as this information, a drawing was

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<v Speaker 1>shown of the woman's face in the hope that someone

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<v Speaker 1>would know her and be able to identify her quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>This appeal would prove to be extremely fruitful, as it

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<v Speaker 1>reported that a month after her discovery, her identity confirmed.

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<v Speaker 1>The victim was thirty four year old Sheryl Leslie Shackleton.

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<v Speaker 1>The identity of the victim caused the police to have

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<v Speaker 1>even more questions about what had happened to her and

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<v Speaker 1>why she was there. From their investigation, they found that

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<v Speaker 1>Sheryl was actually from the Lancashire town of Nelson, which

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<v Speaker 1>is around three miles outside of Burnley. From what they

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<v Speaker 1>could find out, she didn't have any links to London

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<v Speaker 1>or the area of New Cross. Sheryl was well known

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<v Speaker 1>in the area where she lived in Nelson and the

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<v Speaker 1>neighboring town of Colin. She was the daughter of a farmer,

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<v Speaker 1>Pendall counselor Arthur Jeffreys, and by all accounts, had grown

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<v Speaker 1>up in a loving and prosperous family. She had got

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<v Speaker 1>married and her and her husband owned a jewelry store

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<v Speaker 1>which was located on a shopping arcade in Colintown Center.

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<v Speaker 1>The couple had a son together named Sean, and they

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<v Speaker 1>even set up a stained glass business together. They were

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<v Speaker 1>well known and well liked in their community. Despite this

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<v Speaker 1>success and the outward appearance, the marriage between Sheryl and

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<v Speaker 1>her husband was not going well and there were marital problems.

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<v Speaker 1>It was decided that they would separate and the couple's son, Shahn,

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<v Speaker 1>decided to go and live in Yorkshire, where his dad

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<v Speaker 1>eventually moved to. This is where family and friends noticed

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<v Speaker 1>a shift in Sheryl and her behavior became a lot

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<v Speaker 1>more erratic. It was clear at this point that she

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<v Speaker 1>had begun struggling with her mental health and the stress

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<v Speaker 1>and strain of the previous few years had started to

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<v Speaker 1>weigh on her. It was known that she sold her

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<v Speaker 1>home on Messenger Street in Nelson, and instead of living

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere permanently, she began to travel around the country with

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<v Speaker 1>her belongings all packed up in a suit case. As

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<v Speaker 1>well as her belongings, it was also known that she

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<v Speaker 1>would travel around with large amounts of money on her

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<v Speaker 1>to fund these travels that she was doing. By early

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety one, Cheryl was traveling around erratically and moving

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<v Speaker 1>from place to place quite rapidly. It was clear that

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<v Speaker 1>her mental health was an issue and she was an

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<v Speaker 1>extremely vulnerable person, sometimes putting herself in quite dangerous situations

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<v Speaker 1>whether she was aware of it or not. Police were

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<v Speaker 1>able to establish that in the six days before her murder,

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<v Speaker 1>she had traveled to France and back into the UK

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<v Speaker 1>in a way which has been described as haphazard. During

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<v Speaker 1>this time, she crossed the English Channel four times. At

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<v Speaker 1>the end of January, it's known that she took a

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<v Speaker 1>coach from London to Paris for the day before getting

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<v Speaker 1>on a coach which was bound for Barcelona in Spain.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't get off there. She got off the bus

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<v Speaker 1>in Montpellier, in the south of France. It's unclear how

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<v Speaker 1>she got from Montpellier to Calais, but it's known that

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<v Speaker 1>she next got the ferry back to Dover, then got

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<v Speaker 1>the ferry back to Calais before finally returning to Dover,

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<v Speaker 1>all within the space of thirty six hours. Sheryl then

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<v Speaker 1>returned into London Victoria's Station around midnight on Friday February

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<v Speaker 1>the first, where she then traveled to Brighton and back again,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to search for somewhere to stay for the night.

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<v Speaker 1>It was then known that Cheryl was seen on the

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<v Speaker 1>evening of Saturday, February the second, at the Amersham Arms

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<v Speaker 1>off license in Deptford, southeast London. This appears to be

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<v Speaker 1>the last known sighting of Sheryl before she was killed.

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<v Speaker 1>The interesting thing about this last sighting is that Cheryl

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<v Speaker 1>was seen there with her suitcase, which she had been

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<v Speaker 1>known to have with her throughout her travels. This suitcase

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<v Speaker 1>was not found with her body in Telegraph Hill Park

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<v Speaker 1>and therefore had gone missing between Saturday evening an early

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday morning. It was speculated that the killer must have

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<v Speaker 1>taken the suitcase after the murder. If they had, then

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<v Speaker 1>was this to steal Cheryl's belongings or the large amount

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<v Speaker 1>of money that it was known that she carried with her.

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<v Speaker 1>The fact that Cheryl had been all over both the

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<v Speaker 1>South of England and France in the week before she

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<v Speaker 1>was killed was certainly interesting and showed that Cheryl may

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<v Speaker 1>have been facing a mental health crisis. It did not, however,

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<v Speaker 1>make it much easier for police to narrow down who

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<v Speaker 1>may have come into contact with her and wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>kill her. The police also did not know why Cheryl

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<v Speaker 1>had been seen at that particular off license or what

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<v Speaker 1>she had intended to do once leaving there. Following the

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<v Speaker 1>appeal for information, however, some witnesses did respond, saying that

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<v Speaker 1>they had seen her in the time before she had

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<v Speaker 1>been murdered. These witnesses rang in anonymously to give them

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<v Speaker 1>the information. The first witness told police that she thought

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<v Speaker 1>she had seen Sheryl with a man at around twelve

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen a m walking through the park. Another witness said

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<v Speaker 1>she also saw a man and a woman on Endwell

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<v Speaker 1>Road close to the park around one fifteen a m.

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<v Speaker 1>The man and the woman were reportedly talking about Paris,

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<v Speaker 1>which it was known was where Ryl had visited. A

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<v Speaker 1>third woman later came forward. She said that her and

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<v Speaker 1>her friend had also seen this same man and woman

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<v Speaker 1>at around the same time as the second witness. The

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<v Speaker 1>man was described as white, around six feet tall, and

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<v Speaker 1>between twenty five and thirty years old. These witness sightings

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<v Speaker 1>appeared to suggest that Chryl was with a man that evening.

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<v Speaker 1>Police were very interested in where Cheryl might have met

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<v Speaker 1>this man and why they were in that particular area.

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<v Speaker 1>They had a tentative timeline from these witness sightings. They

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<v Speaker 1>believed that Cheryl had been spotted on the one for

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<v Speaker 1>to one bus around Telegraph Hill Park around eleven thirty

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<v Speaker 1>pm on the Saturday evening. A similarly described woman was

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<v Speaker 1>then spotted close by at around twelve fifteen pm with

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<v Speaker 1>one fifteen am. If this was Cheryl, then she had

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<v Speaker 1>remained in that same area for around two hours and

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<v Speaker 1>then remained there during and after her murder. What was

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<v Speaker 1>the connection to this area or had Sheryl just ended

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<v Speaker 1>up there after returning from France. The police continued to

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<v Speaker 1>appeal to the public in the hope that someone had

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<v Speaker 1>something more concrete to offer, but unfortunately this did not

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<v Speaker 1>appear to be the case. In the time after Cheryl's murder,

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<v Speaker 1>police continued to investigate and try and figure out who

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<v Speaker 1>would have wanted to murder Cheryl. Despite the effort put

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<v Speaker 1>into the investigation, years began to pass without any leads

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<v Speaker 1>or any suspects emerging. In two thousand and six, Sheryl's

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<v Speaker 1>case was brought to the forefront again when a new

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<v Speaker 1>crime Watch appeal was distributed and the case was reopened

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<v Speaker 1>due to new DNA technology. It was hoped that this

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<v Speaker 1>new technology may help to solve some of the many

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<v Speaker 1>questions that remained about Cheryl's case. While it does not

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<v Speaker 1>appear that DNA brought forward any suspects, the national appeal

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<v Speaker 1>did reportedly lead to some anonymous tips. Detective Inspector Desnellum's

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<v Speaker 1>stated about this, I believe in the fifteen years since

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<v Speaker 1>it happened, the killer has spoken to somebody or boasted

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<v Speaker 1>to someone about this murder. He stated that there had

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<v Speaker 1>been about eleven calls naming around five suspects who might

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<v Speaker 1>have been involved, as well as another call about a

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<v Speaker 1>new witness. He said he was very interested in speaking

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<v Speaker 1>to someone who named a suspect who was already in

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<v Speaker 1>prison for a double murder, and from a landlord who

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<v Speaker 1>rang up about someone who boasted about murder. It was

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<v Speaker 1>stated that a few weeks after these new cars came in,

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<v Speaker 1>the Metropolitan Police had managed to eliminate one of these suspects,

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<v Speaker 1>and that half of the witnesses who had rang him

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<v Speaker 1>were unable to give any more credible information. During this

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and six appeal, Chryl's son Sean spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>crime Watch about how he had been impacted by his

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<v Speaker 1>mother's murder. He was just nine years old when Cheryl

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<v Speaker 1>The fact that they'd still not found out who killed

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<v Speaker 1>his mum must be something that stays with him always,

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<v Speaker 1>and the families of victims should always be at the

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<v Speaker 1>forefront of any investigation. The sad fact is that Cheryl's

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<v Speaker 1>case is still unsolved in the present day and there

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<v Speaker 1>has been no real public movement on the case. Cheryl

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<v Speaker 1>has not been able to get justice, and neither has

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<v Speaker 1>her family. Cheryl was someone who had mental health struggles

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<v Speaker 1>and she was a vulnerable person. She traveled from place

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<v Speaker 1>to place with no real home to stay at, and

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<v Speaker 1>often carried around large amounts of money. It appears that

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<v Speaker 1>she would speak to many people and was sociable, and

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<v Speaker 1>all of these things added to her risk level. Did

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<v Speaker 1>Cheryl just come across the wrong person at the wrong

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<v Speaker 1>time who took advantage of her. This would seem likely

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<v Speaker 1>given that she had moved around frequently and therefore had

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<v Speaker 1>not put down any routes in a particular place. This

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<v Speaker 1>is so tragic, and she left behind people who loved her.

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<v Speaker 1>The Metropolitan Police have stated that the case will never

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<v Speaker 1>be closed and they will always take tips and new information.

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<v Speaker 1>If you know anything about the murder of Sheryl Shackleton,

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<v Speaker 1>then please contact police on one oh one our crime

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