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Andrew Robinson

Tragic case of Leeds teenager Donna Healey whose death remains a mystery over 30 years after body was found

Teenager Donna Healey was last seen alive in March 1988, on the eve of her 18th birthday, while working as a sex worker on the streets of Harehills, Leeds. Tragically, she was not reported as a missing person for almost a decade.

Her partially clothed and mummified body was found three years later, in 1991, but it wasn't until 2004 that the police discovered that the body was Donna. Tests on the preserved remains showed the body had been stored in an air-tight container that was 'dry and cool', such as a freezer. The cause and place of her death still remain a mystery.

Advances in DNA science enabled West Yorkshire Police to conclude in 2004 the body was that of Donna Healey, who came from Roxby Street, Little Horton, Bradford.

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