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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ryan Merrifield

Police apologise to family of murdered girl over 'significant opportunities' missed

A police force has apologised to the family of a murdered young woman after a watchdog found investigators missed "significant opportunities" to catch her killer.

Becky Godden-Edwards was strangled to death by sadistic cabbie Chris Halliwell, 58, in Swindon, Wiltshire, in 2003.

The killer led a detective to her body in a field off the M5 eight years later after being arrested for the murder of office worker Sian O’Callaghan, 22.

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