£10,000 reward to help solve young mothers murder

A son has pleaded for help to solve his mother's 1997 murder, as a £10,000 reward is offered.

APPEAL: Young Mother Patricia Grainger, 25 was found murdered IN 1997

Patricia Grainger, 25, was strangled, stabbed and sexually assaulted near her home in Parson Cross, Sheffield, in August that year.

Her body was dumped in a brook in nearby woodland and her killer has never been found.

Her son, Danny Grainger, said: "Someone out there knows what happened to Pat. No more secrets."

Her family has put up £5,000, matched by Crimestoppers, for a reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or people responsible for Mrs Grainger's murder.

Ms Grainger was living with her son and her parents when she was murdered and dumped at Hartley Brook Dike, near houses on Deerlands Avenue on the Parson Cross estate.

Mr Grainger urged anyone with information to contact Crimestoppers.