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 Post subject: Imraan Vohra murder solved after 24 years
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DNA match over boy's 1985 murder

Detectives believe they have solved the murder of a nine-year-old boy, 24 years after he was raped and strangled.

Imraan Vohra's body was found on 13 July 1985 in Avenham Park, Preston, Lancashire, two days after he went missing.

Police say they have now matched a DNA trace left by his killer to Robert Morley, who died in Essex in 1997.

Officers believe Morley, a father-of-seven, murdered Imraan as he walked home from Frenchwood Junior School.

His death sparked a thorough investigation, with more than 6,000 people contacted, 2,500 statements taken and hundreds of items of evidence stored on a computer database. Police were not able to find the killer and the case remained open, and in 2001 a DNA trace was identified which had been left by the culprit.

After a further eight years, Lancashire Police connected it to Robert Morley, a London man who died in Essex aged 73.

He had a string of minor offences including theft and indecent exposure on his record.

'Sad case'

His last conviction was in 1985 and police said they had no previous evidence linking him to the young boy's murder.

Det Ch Supt Graham Gardner said: "Many detectives and scientists have worked tirelessly on this very sad case for many years.

"This result is as a consequence of that dedication and of advances in forensic science which have changed considerably, even since 2001."The findings clearly point to the fact that Robert Morley is responsible for Imraan' s death and we are now endeavouring to find out more about his life in Preston.

"We already know that he lived at various addresses in Lancashire between 1979 and 1987 having moved to the area from London.

"At the time of Imraan' s murder he lived in Lancaster House in Avenham and was known as 'Bob'."

The victim's family thanked the police and the community for their "persistence and hard work".

A family statement said: "As a family we would have liked to have seen justice in the courts, but justice will be done here after.

"Although Imraan's death will never go away, we would like to move forward and ask that our family be given privacy and respect at this difficult time."

Anyone with any information about the case, and in particular Morley, is asked to contact Lancashire Police.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/8243411.stm

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