Gruesome unsolved murder of couple at Welsh farm could finally be cracked

South Wales Police is reviewing the killing of a husband and wife three decades ago.

Harry and Megan Tooze were found shot dead at their farm in Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taf, July 26, 1993.

The couple, who were in their 60s, were found dead in the cowshed a day after they were reported missing.

They had both been shot in the head with a shotgun and covered in carpet.

Their daughter Cheryl’s boyfriend, Jonathan Jones, was found guilty of their murders in 1995 but was later freed on appeal.

Cheryl stood by him throughout, and three appeal judges took just five minutes to overturn his conviction after it emerged police had failed to seal the crime scene properly.

Now South Wales Police has launched a forensic review into the case, and they hope advances in forensic science will lead them to the killer, the BBC reports.

Superintendent Mark Lewis, who’s leading the review, said they’ll be re-examining evidence retained from the original investigation using the most up-to-date forensic techniques.

He also called for anyone with information to come forward, suggesting any knowledge about the shootings would be a ‘difficult secret to keep’.

Supt Lewis said: ‘As years have gone on, forensic science has moved on, there are new sensitivities in relation to DNA, in relation to the way we look at other evidence, whether that’s fibres, whether that’s blood.

‘I don’t know if we will find the killer from this forensic review – we know forensic science has moved on, there might be other opportunities now.

‘I am cautiously optimistic but I can’t say if we will or not.

‘To kill two people in their own home with a shotgun in broad daylight – I think that would be a difficult secret to keep, so I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody knows who the killer is and where information might be to lead us to that killer.’

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