Jessie was found by chance and Louise has not yet been found, but what are the chances of a serial killer living a few miles away from where two very similar victims are murdered and both linked to Beachy Head? Unsolved murders are incredibly hard for families to cope with but the force, which has 35 unresolved cases, stressed every unsolved case is reviewed every two years. The jury was told that in 2014 samples, taken from the left forearm of one of the victims in 1986, had been re-examined in the hope of finding traces of DNA. This yielded skin flakes which were subjected to ultra-modern profiling techniques, to produce a result that was one billion times more likely if Bishop's DNA was present than if it was absent. [29]

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He added: “All unresolved murders are subject of assessment every two years. If there is no further action which can be taken at that time the case is deferred. Following assessment the cases are either subject of detailed review, a forensic review or deferred again.” DCI Kimball Edey of the Surrey and Sussex major crime team said: “Our thoughts remain with the families of the two victims at this extremely difficult time. While our work to establish the exact circumstances of what happened are ongoing, we are not seeking anyone else in connection with the matter. How Babes in the Wood killer Russell Bishop escaped justice to strike again". The Independent. 10 December 2018.

Office for National Statistics figures show in Sussex for the year ending December 2019 there were 14,802 violent crimes involving injury, of which 18 were homicide. Double-jeopardy rules had seemed to eliminate any possibility that Bishop might one day face a new trial for the murders, but new legislation in 2005 meant that a criminal could face a new trial for a crime if substantial new evidence came to light. [24] In September 2006, the High Court decided that there was not enough evidence for Bishop to face a second trial for the murders. [18]

This story has one final twist. In 1976, just before his death, Toni Mancini finally confessed to the murder of Violette Kaye, stating that he acted in self defence, and killed her by accident. We never forgot Babes in the Wood or gave up on catching their killer, say police". Brighton and Hove News. 10 December 2018 . Retrieved 10 December 2018. Did blunder allow Babes in the Wood killer Russell Bishop to escape justice and strike again?". The Independent. 10 December 2018 . Retrieved 10 December 2018. The full failings and incompetence of Sussex police were laid bare for all to see in 2022. The new inquest ruled an "unlawful killing by murder" verdict with the coroner adding Jessie's family had been victims of "substantial injustice". Gary and his Alsatian dog Trudy went missing from their home two weeks before Christmas. He was last seen leaving his rented flat in St Thomas’s Road in Hastings on December 12, 1983.