Now, for the first time, in an incredible outpouring of grief, she reveals how her world came crashing down. Her marriage broke down, she lost her home, her job and almost her mind.Īnd all the time, murderer Paul Hutchinson was living right under her nose, leading a double life as a charity and children’s worker, just a few miles from where Colette died. This is her remarkable story of how she never gave up on getting justice for Colette.Jacqui Kirkby can never escape the memory of the day her daughter’s naked body was found dumped in a field.īut despite one of the biggest manhunts in British history her killer slipped the net for a quarter of a century, until DNA gathered at the time finally yielded the secret of his identity three years ago.įor Jacqui, it was a living hell. Colette's murder not only robber Jacqui of her daughter, but also her marriage and, at times, her sanity, but she never gave up hope. The chance arrest of Paul's son, for a minor motoring offense, years after Colette's murder led cold-case detectives directly to Paul's door. Paul Hutchinson even sent police "ripper" style letters in which he wrote "you'll never catch me." But the police did catch him, using a relatively new technique of DNA profiling. While the investigation continued Jacqui was tormented by ghoul hunters and pranksters who taunted her family with crank calls. After Jacqui appeared on Crimewatch to appeal for information the police were provided with many leads but still no killer. Colette's killer, Paul Hutchinson, not only managed to evade capture but also led a double-life, slipping back into a respectable position in the community as a charity and children's worker. The police launched one of the biggest manhunts ever seen and the inquiry was to last over a quarter of a century. What Mark saw that cold October morning would haunt him for the rest of his life. Colette's body had been arranged in a provocative pose and left by a hedgerow. The following morning her body was found by her elder brother Mark. Colette had left to walk to her boyfriend's home but never arrived. When Jacqui Kirby's 16 year-old daughter Colette went missing just minutes after leaving home, her mother knew instinctively that something was very wrong.
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