-Caveat Lector- Secret of Dando murder 'lies in her last two years' Nick Hopkins, Crime Correspondent Friday September 10, 1999 Detectives hunting Jill Dando's murderer still have 80 suspects to question and believe the secret to her killing lies in the last two years of her life. A list of 400 suspects was drawn up by the 47-strong inquiry team following her shooting on April 26. They include men with a history of violence and mental illness, and between 40 and 50 obsessives who have written up to nine letters to her in the last year. Although there has not been a breakthrough, Scotland Yard said yesterday that the Dando murder squad was still confident of catching her killer, and issued a fresh appeal for information. A poster will be sent to police stations highlighting the �250,000 reward offered for clues leading to an arrest. The stumbling block remains the lack of motive. "This is hampering our inquiry," said a detective involved in the investigation. "There has been no satisfactory explanation." Officers did not uncover any "surprises or appalling dramas" in her private life and have cooled on the idea that she was targeted by a former lover who was jealous of her engagement to Dr Alan Farthing, a gynaecologist. They are also sceptical that her involvement in the BBC programme, Crimewatch UK, was a motive. Without strong leads, the team has been left trawling through a mass of material. So far detectives have taken 1,000 statements and seen more than 2,500 people. They have been through 1,000 different documents - including her filofax, which had the names of 486 friends and business contacts - read 3,500 letters and messages sent to the incident room and seen tapes from 191 security cameras. More than 1,000 items were recovered from the crime scene and 13,700 e-mails sent to the BBC. Mobile phone companies are helping detectives identify the 10,000 calls which were made in the area around Ms Dando's home in Fulham, west London, on the morning she died. That part of the inquiry could take several months. An appeal to find the maker of the "crimped" bullet which killed her has come to nothing, despite advice offered by numerous firearms experts and serving prisoners who have contacted the incident room with their own theories. Police still believe Ms Dando, 36, was killed by a crazed stalker or a contract killer. They suspect the motive can be found in a detailed examination of her life in the two years before she died, rather than in her distant past. One detective involved in the inquiry said: "It seems unlikely someone would have waited for a decade to do this." DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
