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Police question man over unsolved murder
Police officers have re-examined the case |
Detectives from South Wales Police have been questioning a man in Israel about the unsolved murder of a Cardiff prostitute nearly 40 years ago.
Patricia Simpson, 20, was strangled with a chiffon scarf, and dumped in a mineshaft between Taff's Well and Pentyrch near Cardiff, in October 1963.
Two officers questioned the man, who is now in his 60s, about the killing.
Patricia was last seen in the docks area of Cardiff, where she worked as a prostitute.
She moved to Wales from the north of England in the early 1960s.
Senior officers have spent the past year re-examining evidence in the case and have traced a man they want to question in Israel.
Detective Superintendent Geoff Cooper, of South Wales Police major crime support unit, and Detective Sergeant Dave Goddard, from Cardiff central CID, are in Israel to interview the man.
The suspect is said to be in his 60s and serving a prison sentence for an unrelated matter.
Police confirmed he is originally from South Wales.
Detective Chief Superintendent Wynne Phillips, head of South Wales Police CID, said: "Our officers have been looking closely at the circumstances of Patricia Simpson's murder and have received information which has led us to question this man.
"This is part of our on-going commitment to revisiting unsolved murders in South Wales and following up any fresh information or new leads," he added.
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