Family plea over dog walk murder

Mrs Byant was killed while out walking her dog.

The family of a Cornish woman murdered while walking her dog ten years ago have made a fresh appeal for anyone with information to come forward.

Lyn Bryant was found dead on 20 October 1998 less than a mile from her home in Ruan High Lanes, near Truro.

The 41-year-old, a grandmother, had been stabbed in the neck, chest and back.

Police said the investigation into her death was still open and a reward for information was available.

Glasses returned

In a statement Mrs Bryant's husband Peter, daughter's Lee and Erin and mother Betty, said Lyn was in their thoughts every day.

"It is particularly sad when we think about her not having the pleasure of seeing her three grandchildren growing up.

"The person who took her from us is still out there continuing their life and maybe even planning to do it again."

Despite a major police operation, codenamed Operation Grenadine, Lyn Bryant's killer has never been found.

At the time officers interviewed every male between 14 and 70 on Cornwall's Roseland Peninsula.

Six months after her death her glasses were discovered just a few feet from the spot where her body was found.

Police believe they may have been returned to the scene by the person who killed her.

'Situation changed'

They hope that ten years on someone who knows something and whose situation might have "changed" may come forward.

Det Supt Michele Slevin, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said: "Speaking up now would allow them to move on and give Linda's family a chance of closing this terrible chapter of their lives."

The Crimestoppers Trust is offering a "substantial reward" for information.

Lyn Bryant's murder has been linked to that of 14-year-old Kate Bushell, who had her throat cut while out walking her neighbour's dog near her home in Exwick, near Exeter, Devon, in 1997.

Her killer has also never been found.