'Search your conscience ... come and speak to us'

25 YEARS ON, NEW POLICE APPEAL OVER MISSING KELLIE

- By SOPHIE DOUGHTY

TWENTY-FIVE years to the day since a Newcastle mum vanished without trace, those who know the truth about her fate are being urged to do the right thing.

Sex worker Kellie Pratt, 28, went missing on June 11, 2000, after moving from Newcastle to Norwich. Her disappearance has since been linked to several high-profile murder investigations and serial killers. Yet almost a quarter of a century on what happened to Kellie remains a mystery.

But the man in charge of cracking the case remains convinced that there are people out there who know what happened to Kellie.

Andy Guy, who is Norfolk Constabulary's cold case manager, has used this milestone anniversary to ask them to search their consciences and find the courage to talk to police.

He said: "It has been 25 years now since Kellie went missing from the streets of Norwich and this very much remains an open and active case. Time has passed, but we continue to work on this case and follow up lines of inquiry to find who is responsible and to bring them to justice.

"I believe the answer to her disappearance lies within the people she knew in Norwich, and it is those people I would ask to examine their consciences and to come forward and speak to us.

"There are rumours circulating about what happened to Kellie, but in order to resolve this investigation those with first-hand information would need to do the right thing.