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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Joe Thomas

Schoolboy murders sparked a manhunt and, almost 40 years on, a police apology

A major development in a double murder that shook Merseyside led to the case being thrust into the spotlight 36 years after the tragedy.

John Greenwood and Gary Miller had been found severely injured beneath a mattress at an old colliery. The 11-year-old friends died from the wounds suffered at the hands of a killer who is yet to face justice.

In 2016, Merseyside Police launched a new appeal for help for their investigation after the Sunday Times highlighted potential new witnesses. A year later there were more revelations, and a public apology.

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