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Where are the missing seven?
11:12am Wednesday 9th July 2008
By Sian Davies »
POLICE have still to trace six people who they believe could hold vital information that could lead them to the killer of a Hampshire grandmother.
As the inquiry reaches its six-month anniversary since the murder of 77-year-old Georgina Edmonds, detectives are reissuing an appeal for the witnesses to come forward.
Officers have been trying to trace people who were in the Tesco Express store at Twyford Road in Eastleigh when the prime suspect in the murder case is known to have used a cash card stolen from Mrs Edmonds at the ATM outside.
Initially more than 50 people who were captured on CCTV in the store at the crucial time were being sought in an effort to identify the suspect.
Three months on from when the images were first released and police are still trying to find six people who they have so far failed to trace.
Their pictures have been displayed on a board at the Twyford Road store but have so far not been identified.
A Hampshire police spokesman said: "We still want to find out who these people are and speak to them as they may have information that could help the investigation team. They may not even know that they have seen something that could help us identify the suspect so it is vital we speak to them."
All the witnesses were at the store between 10pm and 11pm on Friday, January 11, the day of the murder. Around 10.40pm a man wearing a yellow florescent jacket attempted to use Mrs Edmonds's cash card at the cash machine outside.
Mrs Edmonds was brutally killed at her Brambridge home at Kiln lane where she had lived for 30 years. Officers believe she had been tortured by her killer in a bid to extract her PIN from her. A post-mortem examination revealed she had been stabbed more than ten times before being bludgeoned to death.
At its height, the inquiry has involved around 400 officers and 90 police staff.
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ossiesaint, at the bar says...
11:22am Wed 9 Jul 08
Iain, Lordshill says...
11:30am Wed 9 Jul 08
ha ha, says...
11:43am Wed 9 Jul 08
Iain wrote:no, my money's on number 3, looks a right villain in that black T-shirt.
Are we meant to vote for which one we thinks look dodgiest and then the police go after him? If so, I'm going for number 4. Never trust a man in a hooped top.
Geoff, Southampton says...
11:57am Wed 9 Jul 08
Old man, in my steam car says...
12:11pm Wed 9 Jul 08
Dawn, The Ford says...
2:25pm Wed 9 Jul 08
me, soton says...
3:01pm Wed 9 Jul 08
ossiesaint wrote:Oh, and how have they done that then? Don't tell me, they failed to bring their crystal ball in to work! It's so easy to sit and criticise but I wonder if tasked with finding strangers, who might not even have been from around the area, whether people could acheive that? They are not suspects, as the report says, they might not even realise that their being there that day was remotely significant. Surely all the Police can do is release the pictures, make enquiries and hope that someone might recognise them from the pictures.
Looks like the \"old bill\" have messed this one up big style!
I can't see how that's messing it up?
me, soton says...
3:11pm Wed 9 Jul 08
Dawn wrote:So, this generalisation about 'The Police' i.e. every member of HC, is based on an incident that your father was unfortunate enough to experience. Surely it would be down to the individual who was tasked with dealing with the incident.
The CCTV is bad because the police are absolutely rubbish at trying to collect evidence. When my father was a victim of crime recently we had to phone the police a dozen times to remind them to pick up the CCTV. When they finally sent an officer out they somehow managed to wipe the CCTV. Even tho the criminal was caught on it on 5 different occasions!! When the criminal was in action, 999 was dialled and the police didn't turn up for 45 mins! And they still didn't pick up the CCTV then! Surprise surprise as there is no CCTV there is now no proof and the case has been put to one side.
999 calls are prioritised, and although no crime is remotely pleasant for the victim, the responding unit would have got to you just as soon as was possible, i.e as soon as the unit had finished dealing with the current incident.
No Police force is perfect and things do happen which are unfortunate, but I would say that the vast majority of the force are very conciencious. The job can be very challenging, that is what they joined up for and certainly wouldn't take up a job if they thought it too much bother.
ossiesaint, at the bar says...
3:15pm Wed 9 Jul 08
me wrote:I meant the case! total balls up!
ossiesaint wrote: Looks like the \\\"old bill\\\" have messed this one up big style!Oh, and how have they done that then? Don\'t tell me, they failed to bring their crystal ball in to work! It\'s so easy to sit and criticise but I wonder if tasked with finding strangers, who might not even have been from around the area, whether people could acheive that? They are not suspects, as the report says, they might not even realise that their being there that day was remotely significant. Surely all the Police can do is release the pictures, make enquiries and hope that someone might recognise them from the pictures. I can\'t see how that\'s messing it up?
Dawn, The Ford says...
3:23pm Wed 9 Jul 08
Big Boy, Hythe says...
5:29am Thu 10 Jul 08
Merckxy, Eastleigh says...
1:01pm Fri 11 Jul 08
A Hand Davis, Eastleigh says...
8:27am Thu 7 Aug 08
There is what appears to be an obssession with motoring offences which alienates people who would otherwise be supporters of the police. It seems that when a 'real crime' takes place that HC are ill-equipped to deal with it as they lack the necessary investigative skills.
I live close to the area where the criminal is said to have made his way back and it has to be said that most people I have spoken to locally regard HC handling of this crime as deplorable and there is no public confidence that they will catch the criminal.
It is my impression that HC view themselves as majoy players as a police force but the truth is that they are a small provincial force with no real experience of major crime (or terrorist) investigations, and are fooling themselves and the public as to their true capabilities.
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Confused.com, says...
11:19am Wed 9 Jul 08
Title: "Where are the missing 7?"
Report: "Police have yet to trace six people..."