1995

Saturday, August 12:

4pm: Vikki Thompson leaves her home in Chestnut Drive to take dog Daisy for a walk

7pm: Her bloodied and barely concious body found by husband Jonathan on railway embankment near Shipton Lane Friday

Friday, August 18:

Mrs Thompson dies from severe head injuries in hospital

Saturday, August 19:

Police issue a £10,000 reward for information which is later doubled

August onwards:

Police launch murder enquiry. Detectives travel along Cotswold Line, between Oxford and Worcester, hoping passengers might have seen something out of the window

Wednesday, September 6 1995:

Televised Crimewatch appeal for information

January 1996:

Police renew appeal for information about hitchhiker seen near the railway line at the time of the murder

February 1997:

A man is cleared of murder following a trial

August 2005:

Mrs Thompson’s family renew appeal for information on the 10th anniversary of her death

Wednesday October 21:

A 34-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder