MURDER PROBE
Body of woman who disappeared over 40 years ago to be exhumed as police link death to serial killer Peter Tobin
THE body of a woman who disappeared more than 40 years ago could be exhumed in the hope of linking her death to serial killer Peter Tobin.
Art student Jessie Earl was 22 when she went missing in 1980.
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Her naked body was found in undergrowth nine years later near Beachy Head, East Sussex.
Her wrists were tied with her bra.
Sussex Police did not investigate her case as a possible murder until a cold case review in 2000.
Tobin, 75, was living nearby in Brighton when Jessie vanished.
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The Scot is serving life for killing three other women.
The High Court has ordered a new inquest after the original 1989 Sussex Police probe was ruled insufficient.
It is hoped new DNA samples might link Jessie’s death with Tobin or other known killers.
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