Police offer £25k reward for information about murder of Sally Ann John and reveal postcard clue

Wiltshire Police is offering a cash reward of up to £25,000 in relation to the murder of Sally Ann John.

Sally went missing on 8 September 1995, from the Station Road junction with Aylesbury Street and Alexandra Road area in Swindon. She was just 23-years-old at the time of her disappearance.

BBC Crimewatch featured the case and included some new evidence – a postcard allegedly sent by Sally shortly after she disappeared.

Detective Sergeant Don Pocock, of the Brunel Major Crime Investigation Team, said: “We hope that the appeal on Crimewatch will encourage anyone who may have known Sally all those years ago and has information they have not yet reported to police, to get in touch

“The writing on the postcard, which claimed to be from Sally, suggested that she was alive and living in London when it was sent not long after she disappeared in 1995. However, handwriting experts have thoroughly analysed the card alongside Sally’s handwriting from her personal address book, and have concluded that the postcard was written by someone other than Sally.

“It has been nearly 22 years since Sally disappeared - I appreciate this is a long time and no doubt friendships, relationships and lives will have changed dramatically since then. But if you have any information about what happened to Sally, it could be the missing piece in our jigsaw.

“Sally’s family are understandably desperate to know what happened to their daughter and we are doing all that we can to ensure they have some kind of closure.

“We are offering up to £25,000 cash reward to anyone who can provide us with information which will lead to the discovery of Sally’s remains, or anyone who can provide us with information which secures a conviction at court in relation to those responsible for her murder.”

Anyone with information should call 101.