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Memorial service planned for Wakefield schoolgirl Elsie Frost

The family of Elsie Frost, the 14-year-old schoolgirl who was killed in Wakefield in 1965, will hold a memorial service to mark the 50th anniversary of her death today.

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Cold case police receive calls over 50-year-old murder case

Elsie was murdered 50 years ago in Wakefield Credit: West Yorkshire Police

Police have already received calls after they re-opened the case of Elsie Frost, who was murdered on a towpath near the Calder and Hebble Canal in Wakefield in October 1965.

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Elsie's brother, Colin, was six at the time of her death and today returned to the scene of the murder.

He said that Elsie "was like a second mum to me.'

Elsie's brother Colin at the towpath where she was murdered 50 years ago Credit: ITV Yorkshire

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