Sarah Benford went missing on April 06, 2000, from a care home. Read this article to the end and learn everything about the cold case.
Sarah had been missing for 21 years as of now, but, the investigators have not given up finding out about her to date. They are still into it.
They are about to dig 70m X 70m area to find the missing girl’s body. We wish them success and set an example of the determined police force.
Who Is Sarah Benford?
Sarah Benford is the main person in the cold case. She went missing when she was 14 years old back in 2000. Despite many efforts from the police, she is not found.
New search in Kettering for Sarah Benford, teenager missing since 2000 https://t.co/MQ3x0UQq3K
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) November 15, 2021
From an early age, she has been a troublesome child. She was seen for the last time in the place of her friend. Her friend’s father Richard Jenkin was arrested.
He moved to Wales 18 months after she disappeared and used to live in Highfield Road. She used to visit them to stay over for a couple of times.
On September 23, 2003, after three years of her missing, police said they had no hope that Benford was alive, and upgrade their inquiry to a murder investigation.
Officers have never given up and kept on trying to find her. The operation they started today on 15th November 2021, might give them something.
They are hopeful and if it was her murder then she must get justice even after her death. We wish the officers good luck and look forward to the result.
Meet The Missing Valley Walk Kettering Teen Parents
Sarah Benford was born to her parents Vicki and her dad, who is not mentioned. Benford had been a troubled child. Her mum had hard times with her.
At the age of eight, she started skipping school in reception and absconding from home. At the age of 14, she had been in three different childrens’ homes.
She used drugs and often went missing. She was reported missing on March 31st, 2000, and was found on April 2. The following day she went missing again.
On 6 April, she went to see her mum in an amusement arcade in Kettering town center, where she worked.
Was Sarah Benford Found?
Sarah Benford was last time seen by her mother on April 6, 2000. Later on that day, she called her mum high on drugs. Her mum reported policing this.
Police are preparing to excavate this section of land in #Kettering as part of their search for the body of missing teenager Sarah Benford. Sarah has not been seen alive since April 6, 2000 when she went missing from her care home in #Northampton. #HeartNews pic.twitter.com/WIyno8G3Kq
— Heart News East (@HeartNewsEast) November 15, 2021
But the police refused to collect her and bring them to the police station to babysit her. After this, polices were in search of the teen. They failed to find her body.
However, there were more than 5000 lines of inquiry, more than 600 statements, almost 1000 reports, and eight arrests over 20 years in search of Benford.