Una Crown: Police re-appeal for help to solve Wisbech murder

Una Crown, pictured with her late husband Jack, lived alone in her bungalow

Detectives have re-appealed for help to solve the murder of an 86-year-old widow found dead in her bungalow.

Una Crown was found lying in a pool of blood surrounded by burnt newspaper in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, in 2013.

A post-mortem examination concluded Mrs Crown died from stab wounds to her neck and chest and a murder investigation was subsequently launched.

Det Supt Iain Moor said officers "still seek justice" ahead of the 11-year anniversary of her death on Sunday.

Police were called to Mrs Crown's home in Magazine Lane on 13 January 2013 after her niece's husband found her in the hallway

Una Crown was found dead at her home in Magazine Lane

Officers initially thought she had accidentally set herself alight and later apologised to her family after concluding she had been killed.

The 86-year-old had been seen alive two days beforehand and had spoken to a friend over the phone at about 17:00 GMT the day before her body was discovered.

Det Supt Moor, of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, has now led the latest appeal for information.

"I am urging anyone who has information but not yet come forward, to do the right thing and get in touch," he said.

Police apologised after initially treating Una Crown's death as not suspicious

"Any information, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem, may be key to solving this investigation and finally getting justice."

On the 10-year anniversary of Mrs Crown's death last January, her niece Judy Payne told the BBC she believed the case would have been solved without "big mistakes" in the police investigation.

"We had no idea how she could have done that herself and the fact that she was lying face-down in the hall, one slipper was off - there was no way on this earth that could have been an accidental death for auntie," she said.

Cambridgeshire Police said it was "deeply sorry" for the failings.