Police beg for help in finding woman's killer 25 years after her mysterious death

Vicky was murdered just days after her 21st birthday and was last seen around 4am on Union Street, Middlesbrough, on September 24, 2000.

Her body was found six weeks later in a stream in the village of Danby in North Yorkshire.

A number of arrests were made at the time, but no one has ever been charged.

In interviews with Vicky’s father, Anthony Glass, her sister Claire, step-sister Cheryl and step-father Colin, they talked about Vicky and how they have coped over the last 25 years.

Sadly, Vicky’s mother died without ever getting those answers.

Anthony Glass, Vicky's dad, said: "People say time heals, but it doesn’t. You don’t exist as such.

"You lose track of time - time is lost. You stop doing the things you would normally do.

"I think there are people who know what happened, maybe they weren’t there, but if they think they know something, they need to phone the police. 25 years is a long time.

"Somebody must know who took her up to Danby or who she was with and never returned. Tell the police. I would say it’s impossible for somebody else not to know."

Vicky’s sister, Claire, said that Vicky was very quiet and very vulnerable, and people could take advantage of that.

"Vicky wouldn’t hurt anybody. There was not a bad bone in her body. Her and my mam were really close, and I think that bond was formed as Vicky was so poorly when she was born," she said.

"She was delicate and needed a bit of extra encouragement. Sometimes you think about it, and it’s like it’s happened to somebody else. You get upset and angry, and think about all the things that could have been.

"It never gets any easier, you have to learn to live with it. Our grandparents had to bury their granddaughter, and our mam had to bury her daughter, and we had to watch them go through that."

Vicky's sister said that she was in a jazz band, and was sad when she had to leave at 18.

Vicky got in with a bad crowd who used her and thought they were her friends but they were not. She was young and wanted to be with her friends, she wanted to impress and fit in.

She added: "People in that circle took advantage of her and she couldn’t get out of it.

"Ultimately, Vicky was a daughter, a grandchild, a sister and an auntie, and she didn’t deserve what she got. The person responsible needs to be held accountable."

Senior investigating officer, Detective Superintendent Peter Carr, said extensive enquiries have been carried out in the murder investigation, including viewing over 2,000 hours of CCTV footage and using up-to-date forensic methods to try to enhance DNA.

He said: "Vicky was vulnerable and exploited when she went missing, she was pressed into sex work and drug addiction and her family has been through a horrific ordeal over the last 25 years.

"After 25 years, we know that loyalties can change, that people may have information that they were frightened to come forward with before, and we would appeal to those people to come forward and speak to us."

Three arrests were made over the course of the investigation, although to date no charges have been brought.

Anyone with information on Vicky's murder is urged to contact Cleveland Police on 101 or the dedicated inquiry line by calling 01642 301773 or by submitting information online on the Major Investigation Public Portal HERE.

Crimestoppers can also be contacted anonymously online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling 0800 555111.

More information can be found on the Vicky Glass page on the Cleveland Police website HERE.