A KILLER who brutally stabbed a young mum to death is being hunted by police, 30 years after her body was first discovered in a Woodford Green home.
Desperate police have this week offered a reward of £20,000 to anyone who can help catch the murderer of Lynda Farrow, who was found lying in a pool of blood in her house on Whitehall Road in January 1979.
She was discovered by her eight-year-old daughter when the youngster came home from school early because of heavy snow.
The child knocked on the door, and, when she got no reply, looked through the letterbox to see her mother lying dead in the hallway.
At the time, the 29-year-old's murder sent shockwaves through the community, and triggered a manhunt across east London.
In renewed attempts to catch the person or persons responsible, an appeal for witnesses and information will be broadcast tonight (Tuesday) on the BBC's Crimewatch programme, alongside the new reward offer.
A reconstruction of the day Ms Farrow went missing will form a substantial part of the TV show.
Ms Farrow, who had two young children, was four months pregnant when she was killed.
No-one has ever been charged with her murder but police have keep the case open ever since.
POLICE: 'THIS WAS A BRUTAL ATTACK'
DCI Rebecca Hamilton, from the Met's Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said: "It's the 30th anniversary of Lynda's death and we are still working hard to try to find out who killed her.
"This was a brutal attack on a young woman who, having gone through an unhappy separation from her husband, was now rebuilding her life.
"A mother-of-two, she was very happy in a new relationship and was expecting another baby. She had a bright future.
"She was viciously attacked in her own home and received severe bruising to her body before having her throat cut."
'FIND MY DAUGHTER'S KILLER BEFORE I DIE' PLEADS MOTHER
Lynda's mother Gladys Hayes, 83, said: "It's been 30 years since Lynda was murdered but there's not a day or a night goes by I don't think of her.
"I only wish I'd been there to help her but I wasn't. I wasn't there to help her when she needed me and that awful thought has haunted me since the day it happened.
"I'm not getting any younger and it is my greatest wish that I find out what happened to my daughter before I pass away.
"The thought that I may never know is too much to bear and I would urge anyone who has information and might be able to help to please come forward and speak to police.
"Lynda was a wonderful person and a loving mother to her children, who were forced to grow up without her. They too desperately want to learn what happened.
"She was a quiet girl who didn't have any enemies. She worked hard to look after her family and I don't understand why this happened to her.
"Please help us if you can."
'FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW COULD BE A CLUE'
A police spokesman added: "The motive for Lynda's motive remains unclear.
"There was no sign of forced entry and it's thought Lynda's attacker probably followed her or forced his way into the house as she arrived home.
"A white car was seen departing hurriedly from the scene. It was probably a Ford, possibly a Mark IV Cortina, with a partial registration of PW.
"This car has not been traced and it's not clear what its significance might be.
"Outside the house at the front and the back was an unidentified set of footprints, made by a pair of heavy boots called 'Monkey Boots'."
The police reward is at the Metropolitan Police’s discretion, and is dependent on information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible.
It is believed the murder happened between the hours of 2.30pm and 4pm on January 19, 1979.
Lynda was pronounced dead at 5.15pm.
A post mortem in Walthamstow gave the cause of death as knife wounds to the throat.
A knife was found on her kitchen floor.
Anyone with information about Lynda's murder and in particular the person responsible is asked to call the Met's incident room at Belgravia on 020 7321 7228 or should call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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