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Monday, 2 August, 1999, 23:23 GMT 00:23 UK
Dando inquiry: The first 100 days
![]() Jill Dando: Killed by a single gunshot outside her home
On the 100th day of the Jill Dando murder inquiry, police remain confident that their network of clues will lead them to the killer.
A chronology shows how the investigation has developed since the presenter was shot outside her home. 26 April - Ms Dando is shot once in the head on the doorstep of her home in Gowan Avenue, Fulham, south-west London.
Detectives launch a murder inquiry, focusing on a smartly dressed man carrying a mobile telephone seen walking calmly but briskly from the scene. 27 April - Scotland Yard reveals that Ms Dando was killed by a shot to the side of the head at very close range from a 9mm semi-automatic pistol. There are several sightings of the suspect, who may have disguised himself with heavy black-framed spectacles. 30 April - Police release an E-fit of the prime suspect. DCI Hamish Campbell, leading the murder inquiry, releases CCTV footage showing a metallic blue Range Rover on Fulham Palace Road travelling south shortly after the killing.
5 May - An inquest opens, and DCI Campbell discloses that the prime suspect made his getaway on a number 74 bus. He spoke on a mobile telephone before getting off at Putney Bridge. 10 May - It emerges that Scotland Yard is to appoint senior detectives to review the inquiry, Operation Oxborough. 18 May - Crimewatch features a reconstruction and appeals from Mr Farthing. The show generates 500 calls from the public. 21 May - Mourners including Prince Edward's fianceé Sophie Rhys-Jones attend Ms Dando's funeral at Weston-super-Mare. 28 May - Detectives release a man arrested at his home in connection with the inquiry. 9 June - The inquest is adjourned for three months following a hearing at Fulham Coroners Court.
29 July - Police reveal there were six distinctive and unique marks on the cartridge case of the killer bullet. 3 August - The 100th day of the police investigation. The Sun newspaper announces it is offering a £100,000 reward to help catch Ms Dando's killer. The reward brings the total on offer to £250,000. |
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