Can you help provide answers for Julie Finley's family, 32 years after her murder.

Charity seeks information about a woman known as "Tina" and a white Transit van seen near Rainford.

Independent charity Crimestoppers is appealing for information about the murder of 23-year-old Julie Finley, who was found in a field off the Rainford Bypass in August 1994.

A reward of up to £20,000 is available for information given exclusively to Crimestoppers that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

On Friday 5 August 1994, Julie visited her parents at their home in Dovecot. She left at around 5.30pm and travelled into Liverpool before going to the flat she shared with her boyfriend on Huskisson Street. She was last seen there at around 10pm. Her body was found by a cyclist at around 1.30pm the following day in a field off the Rainford Bypass. She had been strangled.

When Julie left her parents’ home, she was wearing a white T-shirt with three buttons up the front, black trousers, a black waist-length zip-up jacket, green socks and black boots.

Following a police appeal at the time, a witness described seeing a white Transit van near the spot where Julie was found, sometime after midnight. Police believe a woman known as “Tina” may have been with Julie on the day she disappeared, has never been traced.

Pamela Tompsett, North West Regional Manager at the charity Crimestoppers, said:

“More than three decades after Julie’s murder, her family are still waiting for answers. Julie was a much-loved daughter and sister who was only 23 years old when her life was taken. Those closest to her have lived with that loss every day since.

“Time can change relationships and loyalties. Someone who felt unable to speak in 1994 may feel differently now. However small or insignificant your information may seem, it could help police complete the picture.

“We would particularly like to hear from anyone who knows the identity of the woman known as ‘Tina’ or who remembers seeing a white Transit van in the Rainford area that night. If you are Tina, please contact us at crimestoppers-uk.org or on 0800 555 111.”

***Note: Information passed directly to the police will not qualify for a reward***

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