Suzy Lamplugh murder: Police search land after 'new information'

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Wednesday, 3 July 2019 16:06

By Shaun Moore

Police investigating the 33-year mystery of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh's murder have begun searching areas of land in Worcestershire.

The Metropolitan Police has said officers are acting on new information received as a result of the publicity around the search of a property in Sutton Coldfield in November last year and are being assisted by West Mercia Police.

The family of Ms Lamplugh has been notified of the new searches in Pershore.

Police say the owner of the land being investigated is not connected to the operation, or the case in any way.

The 25-year-old estate agent was working in Fulham, west London, when she disappeared on Monday 28 July 1986.

She left her office in Fulham Road to show a client around a house nearby at around 12.40pm - and had recorded the appointment in her work diary: "12.45 Mr Kipper - 37 Shorrolds Road O/S".

Ms Lamplugh was seen walking away from the property with a man, presumed to be Mr Kipper, shortly after 1pm.

When she failed to return to work, her manager called Suzy's mother Diana to ask if she had gone home for lunch.

After being told by Mrs Lamplugh that she had not seen her daughter either, Suzy's disappearance was reported to the police, shortly before 7pm.

The investigation into Suzy's disappearance was closed in 1987 after it failed to produce any leads - and despite never finding a body, she was officially declared dead in 1993.

Her parents set up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, one of the first charities to raise awareness about women's personal safety.

They worked tirelessly to find their daughter's killer, but both Diana and Paul died before knowing what happened to her.

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