Family of murder victim want answers 25 years on

Vicky Glass went missing shortly after her 21st birthday

The family of a woman murdered 25 years ago have renewed their appeal to the public to help get justice.

Vicky Glass was last seen being dropped off by a taxi driver in Middlesbrough at about 04:00 BST on 24 September 2000, three days after her 21st birthday.

Her body was found six weeks later in a stream in Danby, North Yorkshire. A number of arrests were made but no-one was ever charged.

Ms Glass's father, Anthony Glass, said he believed someone must know who took her to Danby or who she was with.

Through Cleveland Police, the family appealed to the public to help end their search for answers, especially after Ms Glass's mother died, still in the dark.

Mr Glass said: "I think there are people that know what happened, maybe they weren't there but if they think they know something they need to phone the police."

'Vulnerable and exploited'

Ms Glass's sister, Claire, described her as "very quiet, vulnerable, and people could take advantage of that".

"She got in with a bad crowd who used her, she thought they were her friends and they weren't," she said.

"She was young and wanted to be with her friends, she wanted to impress and fit in. People in that circle took advantage of her and she couldn't get out of it."

Senior investigating officer Det Supt Peter Carr said that Ms Glass was "vulnerable and exploited when she went missing".

"She was pressed into sex work and drug addiction and her family have been through a horrific ordeal over the last 25 years," he said.

"After 25 years we know that loyalties can change, that people may have information that they were frightened to come forward with before, and we would appeal to those people to come forward and speak to us."

Mr Carr said the force had viewed more than 2,000 hours of CCTV footage, and used up-to-date forensic methods to try to enhance DNA.