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Here Robin Longbottom examines the story of ‘Owd Three Laps’ Bill Sharp, who took to his bed for nearly half a century THE story of William Sharp, or Owd Three Laps, was first widely publicised by the Rev Baring-Gould when he included it in his book of Yorkshire Oddities published in 1874. Although he is perhaps better remembered for writing the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers, his popular book about eccentric Yorkshire characters has been reprinted several times. William Sharp, know...

>> i dont think miss mackey will be around when kyle gilley is eligible for his first parole hearing in september of 2042. ill be 83 years old, but if im alive and if my partner bill sharp is alive, well be there to testify against releasing him. >> 20 years is a long time to wait for justice. the evidence in the case never changed. it just took that long for forensic technology to catch up with the killer. >> cold cases are difficult. the positive side is that forensic science is constantly adv...

>> several years later, dan left journalism and became a police officer. the first cold case he was assigned was laura salmons murder. >> i didnt become a law enforcement officer to work on this case. but it was always on my mind. so i was quite happy that i got to assist bill sharp on this case. >> one of the first things dan goodwin and bill sharp did was to send all of the evidence to the forensic lab for testing. >> obviously through the advancement in science, through dna testing, maybe we ...

Sentenced to life in prison. dan goodwin finally kept the promise hed made to lauras mother at the funeral. >> i dont think miss mackey will be around when kyle gilley is eligible for his first parole hearing in september of 2042. ill be 83 years old, but if im alive and if my partner, bill sharps alive, well be there to testify against releasing him. >> 20 years is a long time to wait for justice. the evidence in the case never changed. it just took that long for forensic technology to catch up...

Murders in 1987, which included lauras case. but all along, i knew i was more interested in police work. >> several years later, dan left journalism and became a police officer. the first cold case he was assigned was laura salmons murder. >> i didnt become a law enforcement officer to work on this case, but it was always on my mind. so i was quite happy that i got to assist bill sharp on this case. >> one of the first things dan goodwin and bill sharp did was to send all of the evidence to the ...

Mother at the funeral. >> i dont think miss mackey will be around when kyle gilley is eligible for his first parole hearing in september of 2042. ill be 83 years old, but if im alive and if my partner, bill sharps alive, well be there to testify against releasing him. >> 20 years is a long time to wait for justice. the evidence in the case never changed. it just took that long for forensic technology to catch up with the killer. >> cold cases are difficult. the positive side is that forensic sci...

Journalism and became a police officer. the first cold case he was assigned was laura salmons murder. >> i didnt become a law enforcement officer to work on this case, but it was always on my mind. so i was quite happy that i got to assist bill sharp on this case. >> one of the first things dan goodwin and bill sharp did was to send all of the evidence to the forensic lab for testing. >> obviously, through the advancement in science, through dna testing, that maybe we could find the donor of the...

Is eligible for his first parole hearing in september of 2042. ill be 83 years old, but if im alive and if my partner bill sharp is alive, well be there to testify against releasing him. >> 20 years is a long time to wait for justice. the evidence in the case never changed. it just took that long for forensic technology to catch up with the killer. >> cold cases are difficult. the positive side is that forensic science is constantly advancing so that what we couldnt do 20 years ago, now we can d...

Bill sharp and dan goodwin pored over the original case file of laura salmons murder and found one name that caught their eye, kyle gilley. >> gilley was lauras high school boyfriend, a year younger than her. >> gilley was originally a suspect but was eliminated since he had an alibi, one corroborated by a family member. but they found a curious note in the case file. there had been a witness who contradicted gilleys alibi. >> she identified kyle gilley driving laura salmons car approximately ha...

Officer. the first cold case he was assigned was laura salmons murder. >> i didnt become a law enforcement officer to work on this case. but it was always on my mind. so i was quite happy that i got to assist bill sharp on this case. >> one of the first things dan goodwin and bill sharp did was to send all of the evidence to the forensic lab for testing. >> obviously through the advancement in science, through dna testing, maybe we could find the donor of the biological material and match that w...