POLICE in Cleveland, north-east England are reinvestigating three historic crimes, including the mysterious disappearance of Donna Keogh.
Donna, from Middlesbrough, disappeared from the city on April 19, 1998 when she was just 17.
While she has never been found, the latest enquiry into the case has been declared a murder investigation.
The move comes after Cleveland Police received a £3.77million grant from the Home Office to fund a Historic Investigation Unit.
The team will also look into the murders of Vicki Glass, 21, and Rachel Wilson, 19.
Vicki disappeared from Middlesbrough on September 2000 and her body was found two months later on moorland in North Yorkshire.
Rachel disappeared from the city in May 2002. Her body was found 10 years later in a shallow hollow at Newham Hall Farm in Middlesbrough.
While police describe the cases as separate, they admit there is a “commonality” to them.
Donna Keogh, Vicki Glass and Rachel Wilson (Images: Cleveland Police)Jason Harwin, Assistant Chief Constable of Cleveland Police, said: “There is commonality between the cases through the sex and ages of the victims and all being linked geographically to Middlesbrough.
“It is too early in the re-investigations to say if there are any other links.”
Donna, the daughter of Brian and Shirley Keogh, grew up in Middlesbrough and attend Sacred Heart school.
The Teesside Gazette reports she had ambitions to join the navy.
Her family has a proud history in the armed forces, stretching back to Donna’s great-grandfather, who served with the Irish Guards in World War I.
ACC Harwin said no stone would be left unturned in the quest for justice for the three women.
“It may be there are people out there who have knowledge about these cases and have not yet come forward,” he said.
“Whatever the reason for that, I would urge them now to take the step of contacting the police.
“However trivial the information may seem, it may be vital in building up the picture of what happened to these young women.”
