Gruesome murder of ‘Girl in Yellow Dress’ dumped near power station could finally be solved thanks to vital clue
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THE gruesome murder of a teenage girl over 50 years ago could finally be solved thanks to a clue overlooked by cops. Jacqueline Johns' naked body was discovered close to Battersea Power Station in southwest London in 1973 - but her killer has never been caught.
![[Jacqueline Johns was 16 when she was murdered in 1973]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a_ae33b1.jpg?strip=all&w=417)
The 16-year-old's shoes were left behind at the scene and criminologist David Wilson believes modern forensics could provide "opportunities that weren't available at the time". He told The Sun: "It would be interesting to know if the family actually identified that they were her shoes or not.".
![[Jacqueline's body was found near Battersea Power Station]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/NINTCHDBPICT000000758014.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He said the fact the footwear was left but the rest of Jacqueline's clothes were taken "could be significant". "It could be instrumental, which means they didn't have time to take off her shoes, or it could be psychological in that the shoes were something that turned them on.
![[Serial killer Robert Black may have been behind Jacqueline's murder]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/psni-pa-wire-note-editors-5150595.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"They enjoyed viewing the body after the girl had been murdered with her shoes on. He added: "It's an era before CCTV and DNA but have her shoes been retained, there could be soil samples and so forth?. "I would have thought there are lines of enquiry that could be pursued that would help this poor family get justice for Jacqueline.
![[Black died in 2016]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pa-wire-note-editors-handout-377553987.jpg?strip=all&w=740)
"She was found within 48 hours - this strikes me as something much more opportunistic and spontaneous, not planned - is there any forensic evidence on the body that was of use to the police?". Jacqueline's sister Susan Church previously said her and her siblings have had no contact with cops for more than 30 years.
![[Susan Maxwell, one of the victims of Black]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2016-northern-ireland-prison-service-208490598.jpg?strip=all&w=924)
