Convicted killer John Cannan, 66, is the only suspect in the case but has never been charged.
Now, more than three decades on, a documentary reveals that a man looking like him was seen dumping a large piece of luggage into a canal in West London at 5am three days after Suzy went missing.
Killer John Cannan (left), 66, is currently serving three life sentences at Full Sutton Prison in York but has never been charged in connection with the murder of Suzy Lamplugh (right)
Cannan is currently serving a minimum 35 years in jail following the murder of Shirley Banks in Bristol in 1987, along with an attempted kidnapping and the rape of a woman in Reading the previous year.
Work underway to stop floods at popular walking spot
The area is popular with walkers and cyclists but prone to getting washed out
Still taken from drone footage of the new Everards Brewery site near Fosse Park (Image: Everards)
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Measures to try to control flooding are being put in place at the Everards Meadows beauty spot near Fosse Park.