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Hunt for Julie's killer 20 years on

20 years since the naked body of a young Merseyside woman was found dumped in a field, her family are demanding answers.

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The detective investigating the death of a woman from Merseyside who was found strangled say her family still expect her to walk through the door.

It's been 20 years since Julie Finley's naked body was discovered dumped in a field and police are now putting up a £20,000 reward in the hunt for her killer.

Detective Superintendent Tim Keelan, from the Matrix Serious Organised Crime team, says the family can't rest until they have seen justice done.

Help find Julie's killer - reward offered

Julie aged 20 Credit: Merseyside Police

20 years since the naked body of a young Merseyside woman was found dumped in a field, her family are demanding answers.

Police are putting up a 20- thousand pound reward in the hunt for the killer of Julie Finley.

The body of the 23 year old was found near the Rainford Bypass in 1994.

She'd been strangled.

Julie with brother and sister Credit: Merseyside Police

Julie's mum, Pat, and dad, Albie, who are now 69 and 70 are desperate for information.

The investigation into the murder began when Julie's body was found in a carrot field off the St Helens bound carriageway of the Rainford by-pass by a cyclist at lunchtime on Saturday, 6 August, 1994.

Julie was last seen alive the previous night at about 11pm on Friday, 5 August in Pembroke Place, at the back of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. She was talking to an unknown white man, who was in his 20s, or 30s.

A witness said he saw a young woman arguing with a man at about 12.30am outside the Wheatsheaf public house in Rainford, just 50 yards from where her body was found the following day. The unknown man was trying to force the young woman into a white transit van.

"Albie and I have been put through 20 years of hell and torment. I still feel like it's 1994 and I'm constantly waiting for Julie to come through the door, but she never does, and never will.

"Julie was a vibrant young woman who had a lovely personality and was very good natured - she would give you the last penny out of her pocket. She used to love listening to Phil Collins and Genesis and was always playing their songs on the stereo at home.

"Our lives have never been the same since and we desperately hope that someone out there will understand our grief and pain and come forward.

– Julie's mum Pat
From family album - Julie's first communion Credit: Merseyside Police

" This family can't rest until they have seen justice done and they still have many unanswered questions in relation to why her life was tragically cut short."We are as determined as ever to find the person, or persons, responsible and are offering a £20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible"

– Det Supt Tim Keelan Matrix Serious Organised Crime Team

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