The elderly parents of a student who vanished nearly 40 years ago say they are 'living' to change her death certificate to state that she was murdered. Art student Jessie Earl was just 22 when she disappeared from her university home in Eastbourne, East Sussex, in May 1980. After her remains were found in 1989, an inquest recorded an open verdict and her parents Valerie, 88, and John, 92, have been fighting to have her her death reclassified ever since. Following criticism of its handling, Sussex Police reopened the case in 2001 and formally recorded Jessie's death as murder. Jessie's parents have previously speculated that their daughter was a victim of convicted serial killer Tobin, who was living in the area at the time.

Source: Daily Mail September 27, 2020 15:43 UTC