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| UK police make Italian TV appeal | UK police make Italian TV appeal |
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| A Dorset detective is to appeal for information on Italian television that could link a UK murder with the case of a missing Italian teenage girl. | A Dorset detective is to appeal for information on Italian television that could link a UK murder with the case of a missing Italian teenage girl. |
| The body of 48-year-old Heather Barnett was found in Bournemouth in 2002. | The body of 48-year-old Heather Barnett was found in Bournemouth in 2002. |
| She was found with someone's hair in both hands, and police later revealed that 14 women in Bournemouth had reported hair cut off on buses. | She was found with someone's hair in both hands, and police later revealed that 14 women in Bournemouth had reported hair cut off on buses. |
| The UK detective will appeal on Monday for any link with the 1993 case of missing Italian Elisa Claps, aged 16. | |
| The body of Ms Claps, who went missing from the southern Italian town of Potenza in September 1993, has never been found. | The body of Ms Claps, who went missing from the southern Italian town of Potenza in September 1993, has never been found. |
| Elisa Claps, 19, vanished in Potenza in 1993 | Elisa Claps, 19, vanished in Potenza in 1993 |
| In a statement to the Italian media, police in Potenza said they had reopened her case and were "working in close co-operation with British police from Dorset, co-ordinated by Interpol". | In a statement to the Italian media, police in Potenza said they had reopened her case and were "working in close co-operation with British police from Dorset, co-ordinated by Interpol". |
| The statement said Italian detectives were using the latest technology "to re-examine the areas that Elisa was believed to have been last in when she disappeared". | The statement said Italian detectives were using the latest technology "to re-examine the areas that Elisa was believed to have been last in when she disappeared". |
| Dorset Police Detective Superintendent Mark Cooper, who is leading the hunt for Ms Barnett's killer, said: "We are exploring all avenues of investigation and Dorset detectives are liaising closely with their Italian counterparts over the disappearance of Elisa Claps." | Dorset Police Detective Superintendent Mark Cooper, who is leading the hunt for Ms Barnett's killer, said: "We are exploring all avenues of investigation and Dorset detectives are liaising closely with their Italian counterparts over the disappearance of Elisa Claps." |
| Monday will mark the fifth anniversary of Ms Barnett's death. | Monday will mark the fifth anniversary of Ms Barnett's death. |
| A Dorset detective working on the murder case will appear on the Italian version of the BBC One Crimewatch programme, broadcast by the state television channel RAI, on Monday evening. | A Dorset detective working on the murder case will appear on the Italian version of the BBC One Crimewatch programme, broadcast by the state television channel RAI, on Monday evening. |