The Murder of Johanna Young

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Johanna Young was just 14 years old when she left the family home on the 23rd December 1992. It is unknown where she was going, but her parents assumed she was going to either visit her boyfriend or a friend.

On Christmas Eve, the family were awoken by Johanna's alarm going off for her paper round and when they popped in to wake her up, they realised she wasn't there. The previous evening had been cold and foggy in Watton, Norfolk, and parents thought she must have decided to stay at a friends but when the news agents phoned at 7am to ask where Johanna was, panic began to set in.

After failing to locate Johanna by calling family and friends, she was reported missing and searches began around the small village in efforts to find her. Christmas went as a blue for the Young family, as despite organised search efforts by police and family, Johanna had still not been found.

On 26th December, Boxing Day in the UK, a dog walker found a pair of trainers neatly placed in some undergrowth and with the news of the missing teenager rushing through his mind, he called the police. Just 120 meters from her trainers, Johanna was found, face down in a pit.

A murder investigation was launched, arrests were made but 34 years on, no one has been charged with her murder.

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