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Crimewatch the dixons murder 1989 Solved

In June 1989, Witney residents Peter and Gwenda Dixon were on a camping holiday in Little Haven, Pembrokeshire. After being reported missing by their son, their bodies were found six days later.The evidence of the Home Office pathologist, Bernard Knight, confirmed that Mr Dixon was shot three times, with his hands tied behind him, while Mrs Dixon was shot twice in an execution-style killing.hey were killed with a sawn-off shotgun fired at close range, while Mr Dixon’s NatWest cash card and wedding ring were missing. Inquiries revealed that Mr Dixon’s card was used four times after his death and witnesses helped create an artist’s impression of a man seen using the card to withdraw cash. A pair of khaki shorts in the artist’s drawing were seen as crucial to the caseMeanwhile, in December 1998, Cooper was jailed for 16 years, after being found guilty of 30 burglaries and one robbery. From 2006 to 2011, Operation Ottawa saw the investigation into the death of the Dixons and two other murder victims reopen. The senior investigating officer, Steve Wilkins, used a televised public appeal on ITV Wales Tonight to say scientific advancements and DNA were making it possible to catch the culprit.When the khaki shorts were finally discovered, a fleck of Mr Dixon’s blood was found on them. Meanwhile, three weeks before the Dixons were murdered, Cooper appeared on TV game show Bullseye, allowing the police to compare the artist’s drawing with a freeze-frame of Cooper, revealing a startling resemblance. At Cooper’s trial, he was found guilty in May 2011 of four murders (including the Dixons), a rape and a sexual assault.