Daily Echo | Teresa De Simone Murder | Archive on Teresa De Simone, David Lace & Sean Hodgson

No investigation into police handling of Teresa inquiry

5:27pm Wednesday 28th October 2009

HAMPSHIRE police will not be investigated independently over its handling of the original inquiry into the murder of Teresa De Simone, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Teresa case closed

10:30am Friday 25th September 2009

Police draw blank in hunt for victim’s jewellery, the last piece in murder investigation jigsaw

Police launch new search for Teresa's jewellery

2:50pm Wednesday 23rd September 2009

The murder of Southampton gas board clerk Teresa De Simone took a dramatic new twist today.

Police investigating to see if Teresa's killer struck again

6:04pm Monday 21st September 2009

INVESTIGATIONS are continuing today into whether the man who murdered Teresa De Simone ever killed again.

240 historic cases to be re-examined in light of Teresa investigation

9:20am Sunday 20th September 2009

THE release of Sean Hodgson has reopened investigations into 240 historical murder and rape convictions, the Daily Echo can reveal.

My brother confessed to me that he killed someone

2:55pm Monday 21st September 2009

Just months before he committed suicide in 1988, David Lace told his younger sister he’d “killed someone”. Almost 21 years on, police this week confirmed his victim was Teresa De Simone.

Family brand brother a monster for killing Teresa

4:30pm Friday 18th September 2009

THE family of the man who brutally raped and murdered Teresa De Simone have spoken about their “monster” brother.

The science that found Teresa's killer

2:11pm Friday 18th September 2009

THE DNA at the crime scene was always going to be the police’s best hope of catching the real killer after it was used to categorically rule out Sean Hodgson.

The moment Teresa’s parents saw the face of her killer

12:10pm Friday 18th September 2009

LOOKING at the picture of her daughter’s killer as a young man, Mary Sedotti gasps.

How could police have got it so wrong?

11:41am Friday 18th September 2009

IT WAS a case that saw the wrong man jailed for 27 years while the real killer confessed, was ignored and eventually killed himself.

Teresa can 'finally rest in peace' say family

7:40pm Thursday 17th September 2009

THE parents of Teresa De Simone have today told of their relief that their daughter's real killer has been found.

Teresa De Simone's killer named by police

6:00am Thursday 17th September 2009

THIS is the baby-faced teenager who raped and strangled Teresa De Simone 30 years ago.

Family's shock at murder revelations

12:02pm Thursday 17th September 2009

THE family of David Lace have said they did not know anything of his involvement until just a few weeks ago.

Background to the life of Teresa's killer

12:14pm Thursday 17th September 2009

Police reveal David Lace was a "loner" convicted of six crimes who said goodbye to family and friends before killing himself.

The confession of Teresa's killer

11:54am Thursday 17th September 2009

INCONSISTENCIES in the confession of David Lace to the rape and murder of Teresa De Simone led officers to discredit him as a suspect.