Janet Brown daughter's plea 30 years on from mum's murder

Janet Brown, 51, was murdered at her home in Sprigs Holly Lane, Radnage, on April 10, 1995.

The nurse and mum-of-three was born in Southampton and later lived in Buckinghamshire with her husband Grahaem Brown, with whom she had three children.

Now, 30 years on from her murder, Thames Valley Police have reappealed to the public as the case remains unsolved.

Her eldest daughter, Zara Harden, has spoken to the BBC about her life in the aftermath of her mother’s murder.

Zara was 23 and had moved to London, starting at her first job after university.

She said: “You just don’t imagine that anyone could get away with anything so horrendous.

“There would have been a lot of blood, and the time of day was just strange.

“It was in the late evening - it wasn’t even in the middle of the night.

“You just imagine that somebody somewhere must know something.”

Zara and Janet (Image: TVP) Mrs Brown is believed to have been attacked at some time between 8.30pm and 10.30pm.

She was discovered the next morning by builder Nick Marshall and his 15-year-old son Ben.

Zara said: “She was alone that night, defenceless, and that’s why it is so hard to try and understand why her killer or killers felt the need to handcuff her, you know, be so violent and brutal towards her.”

Zara explained how her younger sister moved in with her in London and commuted to complete her A-Levels amidst the upheaval.

She said: “We would be very paranoid about our own security.

“We had to put grills on the windows and the doors.

“You don’t sleep easily, every noise you hear at night you think is that someone trying to break in, and I still don’t like being home alone on my own at night."

The family never returned to live in the home, in part due to all the blood.

“It didn’t really seem like home any more with the horror of what happened back there", she added.

Zara explained that the police have DNA evidence and called for people to come forward.

“The killer or killers have so far gotten away with it, and, you know, we want to see them prosecuted and not to have someone who is extremely dangerous to be out there, on the loose and commit other crimes against other women or other people.”

Anyone with information can contact police online or by calling 101, quoting reference 695 (4/8); or to remain anonymous contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 or online.