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| DNA hope over 25-year-old murder | DNA hope over 25-year-old murder |
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| A DNA profile could help catch a killer 25 years after he dumped a 16-year-old girl's body in a Nottinghamshire field. | |
| Colette Aram was walking to her boyfriend's house in Keyworth late on 30 October 1983 when she was abducted. | |
| The DNA profile was recovered when items from the inquiry were re-examined using new forensic techniques. | The DNA profile was recovered when items from the inquiry were re-examined using new forensic techniques. |
| Starting a publicity campaign which will see leaflets go to 15,000 homes, police said any new suspects would be compared to the profile. | |
| Hundreds of officers worked on the case after the teenager's body was found in a field just over a mile from where she disappeared. She had been raped and strangled. | Hundreds of officers worked on the case after the teenager's body was found in a field just over a mile from where she disappeared. She had been raped and strangled. |
| I want the public to see this publicity as the police knocking on their door Det Supt Kevin Flint | |
| The inquiry turned up several sightings of a man, who was described as white, aged 25 to 35, 5ft 7ins to 5ft 10ins tall, with dark wavy hair, a broad nose and of medium build. | The inquiry turned up several sightings of a man, who was described as white, aged 25 to 35, 5ft 7ins to 5ft 10ins tall, with dark wavy hair, a broad nose and of medium build. |
| He was seen in the hours before and after Colette disappeared, driving a stolen red Ford Fiesta. | He was seen in the hours before and after Colette disappeared, driving a stolen red Ford Fiesta. |
| The suspect was seen drinking an orange juice and lemonade in the Generous Britain pub in Costock shortly after Colette is thought to have been murdered. | |
| The case was never closed and featured in the 20th anniversary programme of Crimewatch in 2004. | |
| DNA profiles can now be obtained from tiny residues | DNA profiles can now be obtained from tiny residues |
| Since the DNA profile was recovered last year, police have used it to eliminate 800 suspects. | |
| Det Supt Kevin Flint, who is now leading the investigation, said: "We continue to look at forensic opportunities and we have now got a DNA profile. | |
| "That is a massive leap forward. | |
| "We have been able to eliminate many people who were of interest over the years but I now need the public's help. | "We have been able to eliminate many people who were of interest over the years but I now need the public's help. |
| "People will have suspicions but we have not had the right name. | |
| "My experience is that many people will not give information unless the police knock on the door. | |
| "I want the public to see this publicity as the police knocking on their door. | "I want the public to see this publicity as the police knocking on their door. |
| 'Worst fear' | |
| "We can eliminate people via a simple process of providing their DNA on a swab." | "We can eliminate people via a simple process of providing their DNA on a swab." |
| Mr Flint added that "the whole of Keyworth was hit by this tragedy". | Mr Flint added that "the whole of Keyworth was hit by this tragedy". |
| "I want to ask the public to listen to the account of Colette's family. | "I want to ask the public to listen to the account of Colette's family. |
| "For this to happen is a parent's worst fear. | |
| "For your daughter to leave home to walk a short distance and never return and be found murdered in a field, you can never imagine the impact that has had on Colette's family and friends." |