Can new DNA evidence solve Lyn Bryant murder mystery?

Cornish woman was stabbed to death on county’s remote Roseland Peninsula almost exactly 20 years ago

Lyn Bryant holding a cat
Lyn Bryant was found murdered in a field near her home
(Image credit: Devon and Cornwall Police Handout)

The family of a Cornish woman murdered 20 years ago are hoping that freshly uncovered DNA evidence will help police to finally track down her killer.

Mother-of-two Lyn Bryant was stabbed to death on 20 October 1998 near her home in Ruan High Lanes, the village where she had always lived on Cornwall’s remote Roseland Peninsula. The 40-year-old’s body was found in the gateway of a field an hour after she left her family’s home to take their dog for a walk.

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