69-Year-Old Arrested in 1993 Carol Clark Murder

A 69-year-old man from Gloucester was arrested on suspicion of murdering Carol Clark, a 32-year-old woman whose body was found more than three decades ago along the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. The arrest occurred on Tuesday, April 14, marking the second time the man has been detained in connection with the case.

Clark, who lived in the Montpelier area of Bristol, was last seen alive on March 26, 1993, getting into a car on Picton Street. Two days later, on Sunday, March 28, her partially clothed body was discovered by a dog walker amid reeds and undergrowth on the canal bank. An autopsy determined she had been strangled and her neck broken. The killing, which remained unsolved for years, prompted Gloucestershire Police to launch a renewed public appeal for information last month, coinciding with the 33rd anniversary of her death.

Officers from the Major Crime Investigation Team took the man into custody at a property in Gloucester, citing a significant development in their ongoing inquiry. Police confirmed he had been arrested previously in April 2023 on the same suspicion and had remained under investigation since then. He is currently being held as detectives continue...