Police are continuing to appeal for information 30 years after the murder of Shona Stevens in the Bourtreehill Park area of Irvine in November 1994.

Shona, 31, was found with serious injuries on a footpath in a wooded area near to the rear of Alder Green around 1.20pm on Thursday, 10 November, 1994. She died in hospital on Sunday, 13 November, 1994.

Around 1pm on the day she was brutally attacked, she walked to the Co-op shop in Bourtreehill shopping centre. She was last seen walking alone around 1.10pm on Towerlands Road. Ten minutes later her body was found within a wooded area just 200 yards from her home.

Detective Inspector Stuart Gillies from Police Scotland’s Major Investigation Team continued: “We are convinced that someone holds the final piece of information that will solve Shona’s murder and ease the suffering of her family over the past three decades. It is crucial we find answers for Shona’s mum Mhairi and her daughter Candice, to bring them some closure.”

“We urge anyone with any information, or anyone who was in or around the wooded area between 11am and 1.20pm on Thursday, 10 November, 1994, to contact us. Even if you spoke to officers at the time or you think you do not hold any information relevant to Shona’s death, please come forward. You may hold the key to solving her murder.”

“We call on anyone with information to break their silence and contact us with any small detail that they may have withheld at the time. No matter how insignificant you may think it is, we urge you to contact us.”