Murder & homicide · 1997 · 1990s

Murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins

In 1997 13-year-old Billie-Jo Jenkins was found battered to death at her home in Hastings. Her foster father Sion Jenkins was convicted in 1998 but after two retrials the jury could not reach a verdict and he was acquitted in 2006.

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