Police to revisit site where Janine Downes' body was found

Detectives are to revisit the lay-by in Shropshire where the body of murdered prostitute Janine Downes was dumped — exactly 20 years after the grim discovery.

The mother-of-three's half-naked strangled body was found in a lay-by on the A464 two miles outside Shifnal on February 2, 1991.

Detectives from West Mercia Police major incident unit will visit the site on Wednesday.

They said they believed someone knew who had killed the Wolverhampton prostitute and today urged them to break their silence. It is one of the force's oldest unsolved murders.

Detective Chief Inspector Neil Jamieson, who is leading a cold case review, hopes police visiting the spot will trigger someone's memory.

He said Miss Downes had been strangled, suffered extensive head wounds and had been sexually assaulted.

He added: "Marks on the frosty ground indicated that Janine had been dragged to the spot where she was found and a pathologist estimated that her body had been dumped there between midnight and 4am.

"We continue to seek that vital piece of evidence that will point us in the direction of an individual."