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FAMILIES haunted by the double-murder of a couple 35 years ago are urging anyone with information to come forward and hope a fresh police appeal will finally bring justice and closure. Lindy Benstead and Peter Thurgood were found dead on April 22, 1986, on Chapel Common off the then A3 at Rake in Hampshire, close to the West Sussex border. The pair had both been killed by shotgun blasts at point-blank range. Mr Thurgood, 47, was found slumped by the side of the car with gunshot wounds to his head and chest, and Mrs Benstead, 49, was lying on the ground nearby. Mrs Benstead, a marrie...

Detectives investigating the murders of two lovers shot dead 35 years ago have launched a fresh appeal for information after crucial evidence was lost.   Peter Thurgood, 47, and his lover Lindy Benstead, 49, were killed with a shotgun at point-blank range in a country clearing on Chapel Common in Rake, West Sussex, in 1986.   Mr Thurgood was found slumped by the side of a hire car with gunshot wounds to his head and chest while married mother-of-three Mrs Benstead was found on the ground nearby.     Detectives at the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team have now launched a fresh appeal ...

By Press Association 2021 Lindy Benstead and Peter Thurgood murder The families of two lovers who were shot dead 35 years ago have said they are “haunted” by the killings and have issued a desperate plea for information. The murders of mother-of-three Lindy Benstead and bricklayer Peter Thurgood continue to mystify detectives. Three decades later their families have said: “It is never too late to do the right thing.” The bodies of Mrs Benstead and Mr Thurgood were found near their rental car, off a road in West Sussex, on April 2...