Jayne Furlong

Jayne Furlong was a 17-year-old New Zealand girl from Auckland who was abducted on 26 May 1993[1] and subsequently murdered while working in the sex trade. [2] At the time she disappeared she was due to testify as a witness for the prosecution in two separate legal cases - one involving gang members accused of an assault, and the other relating to a businessman charged with brutal attacks on sex workers.

In 2007 her case was featured on the television series Sensing Murder. Her remains were discovered buried deep under a sand dune at Sunset Beach in Port Waikato on 19 May 2012, being identified by DNA.[3] She was laid to rest at St George's Anglican Church in Epsom on Friday July 20, 2012.

Her murder investigation is ongoing and the police are probing old information and setting up a Facebook page to help with their inquiries.[4]

Jayne's ex-partner, who reported her missing, on 28 May 1993, has refused to speak to Police ever since her bodily remains were found.[5]

Two witnesses claim to have overheard a confession to the killing of Jayne Furlong by a career criminal during 2003; the Police said their information contained factually incorrect information - so their potential leads were not further investigated.[6]


References

  1. ↑ "Final farewell for Jayne Furlong". ONE News. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Search for Jayne Furlong clues a 'slow job' - police
  3. ↑ Police hunt for clues outside Jayne Furlong's old flat
  4. ↑ Final farewell for Jayne Furlong
  5. ↑ 'Surprising' new leads in Furlong death case 12 April 2013]
  6. ↑ Hurley, Bevan (11 August 2013). "Crim 'saw murder'". The New Zealand Herald.
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