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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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New leads followed 50 years after Wakefield schoolgirl murder

Detectives in West Yorkshire are tonight following up new leads in a major investigation 50 years after a 14 year old schoolgirl was stabbed to death in Wakefield.

Police now believe Elsie Frost, who was killed next to the Caldar and Hebble canal, may have had a secret boyfriend.

Her elder sister and younger brother say they're desperate to know how, and why, Elsie was killed and were behind today's appeal by police.

Katie Oscroft reports:

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