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| Rhys inquiry police in fresh plea | |
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| Detectives investigating the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones are appealing for two key witnesses to come forward. | Detectives investigating the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones are appealing for two key witnesses to come forward. |
| Police are using a billboard in Oak Lane, Croxteth, to try to identify a woman in a red car who drove past shortly after Rhys was shot dead. | Police are using a billboard in Oak Lane, Croxteth, to try to identify a woman in a red car who drove past shortly after Rhys was shot dead. |
| Officers revealed they were also doing a 3,000 leaflet drop to Croxteth homes and trying to trace a boy seen a BMX bike near the Fir Tree pub. | |
| Rhys was killed when he was shot in the neck outside the pub on 22 August. | Rhys was killed when he was shot in the neck outside the pub on 22 August. |
| There is a chance that there are people who have not come forward because they may have some concerns Ass Chf Con Patricia Gallan, Merseyside Police | |
| The campaign coincides with the two-month anniversary of the Everton fan's death. | |
| Assistant Chief Constable Patricia Gallan said: "We are continuing to make good progress with the investigation and are following a number of positive lines of inquiry. | |
| "There is a chance that there are people who have not come forward because they may have some concerns. | |
| "The investigation team would like to appeal for those people to come forward and assist the investigation." | |
| Crucial witness | |
| During a press conference on Friday Merseyside Police said the billboard would feature a huge CCTV image of the woman driving a red car, with a child in the back seat on Fir Tree Drive at 7.30pm moments after the killing. | |
| It is believed she almost knocked a boy on a bike down. | |
| Police stressed that one woman had already come forward but it was not the crucial witness they now want to speak to. | |
| The leaflets being put through letterboxes in the area are another attempt to trace the woman driver. | |
| The second person police urgently want to speak to is a boy, aged 13 to 14 with short fair hair seen outside the pub at 7.15pm. | |
| He is described as wearing a white t-shirt and grey trousers and riding a silver BMX bike. | |
| "He also attended the vigil at Croxteth Country Park on 2 September," added ACC Gallan. | |
| Detectives sent out a message to reassure potential witnesses that they would be given support if they gave evidence in a future prosecution. |