Exclusive:Police search for body of young Sheffield woman murdered 31 years ago
A man was jailed for her murder in 1996
Police are searching for the body of a young Sheffield woman 30 years after a man was jailed for her murder.
Teresa Shephard, from Basegreen, Sheffield, was reported missing in 1995 - and a man was jailed for her murder the following year, even though a body was never found.
Now, South Yorkshire Police hase a huge cordon in place in a search forTeresa’s remains, in Aston, Rotherham.
Aston lies between Teresa’s Sheffield home, and Worksop, where Peter Turner, the ex-boyfriend who was jailed for her murder, lived.
South Yorkshire Police has this afternoon issued a statement explaining their presence at the site.
The force said: “Officers are currently excavating a site off of Piper Lane, in Aston, Rotherham, as part of our efforts to locate the remains of Teresa Shephard, who was murdered in 1995.
“There is likely to be an ongoing police presence at this location for the next few days.
“Teresa was 26 years-old when she disappeared in June 1995.”
“Teresa's family are aware of this update, and we will continue to keep them up to date with our enquiries. They continue to ask for their privacy to be respected.“
Teresa disappeared after going to meet a man in Sheffield, the trial heard in 1996 at Sheffield Crown Court.
She has never been seen or heard from since.
During a three-week trial, the jury was told that her ex- boyfriend was charged with her murder after spots of her blood were found in his car.
He denied the murder, but was found guilty.
Turner, aged 23, of Doncaster Road, Worksop, had denied he had seen her on the night she went missing.