POLICE have confirmed the latest update on a long-running murder investigation.

A Cheshire Police probe into the death of Vera Anderson remains open decades on, with no one prosecuted over her death.

The case has seen developments made in the past two years, however no charges have been brought.

Two people arrested on suspicion of the brutal murder of Vera were released under investigation pending further enquiries in March 2022.

Detectives arrested a 70-year-old man from Widnes and a 61-year-old woman from Warrington on suspicion of murder that month

Mum-of-two Veronica – who was known as Vera – was brutally killed three decades ago, her body having been discovered on Tannery Lane in Penketh.

The 42-year-old’s throat had been slashed and she had been strangled.

A spokesman for Cheshire Police has confirmed that there are no updates to provide at this time in relation to the investigation.

One of Cheshire’s longest unsolved murder investigations, the case featured on Crimewatch Live on BBC One last September in an attempt by police to appeal for information.

At around 10pm on Saturday, August 24 1991, Vera received a phone call before dashing out of her home on Hadfield Close in Widnes without taking her purse and leaving the television on.

She dropped her then seven-year-old son with a neighbour, saying she would only be gone for 10 minutes.

Five hours later – shortly after 3am on Sunday, August 25 1991 – her body was found slumped over the steering wheel of her blue Ford Cortina car at Penketh Tannery, which has since been demolished and replaced with a housing estate.

There was no evidence of a robbery or a sexual assault, although the killer left behind a blood-stained glove and a length of cord.

It is believed that Vera, who ran a business making and selling sandwiches, was killed at some point between 11.30pm and 2.30am.

The identity of the caller remains a mystery, but at around 10.30pm a woman matching Vera’s description was sighted in the Crown and Cushion pub in Penketh.

On the 30th anniversary of her death, DI Adam Waller told the Warrington Guardian: “Vera’s family have been left devastated by her death and have had to live with what happened since 1991.

“The family have never received closure from Vera’s death, and I would appeal to anyone with information to come forward.

“Someone must know what had happened that day, and I would appeal to them to come forward.

“We appreciate that 30 years is a long time ago, but the smallest detail may help us in bringing justice for Vera and her family.”