A man is trying to create a lasting tribute to his sister who was brutally murdered as a child.
Dave Wade, 33, was not even born when his older sister Annette was mercilessly attacked and killed as she walked home through a field near her home, back in July 1989.
Annette, who loved animals and was particularly fond of seals, was only nine years old and still at primary school.
She was found raped and stabbed to death, so close to the safety of her own home.
Now as Annette’s brother tries to raise money for a memorial park sign in tribute to his sister, the Blackpool Gazette takes a look back at the case that shocked the Fylde coast to its core.
Dave, who still lives in Carleton, said: “It’s sad that I never got to know her because I wasn’t even born until two years after she died.
“She would have been 44 now, if she had lived.
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