DIANE Jones was found brutally murdered in a Suffolk wood in 1983. Her husband Dr Robert Jones was the prime suspect in the murder investigation but no one was never brought to justice. Diane Jones was a 35-year-old former social worker who was found murdered.
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Dr Robert Jones was the prime suspect in the case, but was never charged with killing his wife. He was questioned by police on numerous occasions and was arrested in November 1983, but was released without charge. Jones denied being involved in his wife's murder and stuck to this story until his death.
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Diane was last seen in the Woolpack Inn in her hometown of Coggeshall, Essex on July 23, 1983. Witnesses in the pub said she had a row with her husband and was "drunk". The Joneses returned home to Lees Farm, Colchester, but Dr Jones said Diane then disappeared from there while he parked the car after dropping her off.
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Jones did not report her missing until nine days later. The body of Diane, who was pregnant when she was killed, was found with a fractured skull three months after she went missing from her home on July 23, 1983. She was found dead in a wood in Martlesham, Suffolk.
According to reports, police believed she was battered to death with a spiked hammer soon after her disappearance. The murder weapon was never found. Robert Jones died on March 7, 2023 at the age of 80 in France, having lived there for years. A Suffolk Police spokesman said his death had limited the scope of the investigation, but the team would continue to exhaust all leads.
