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Mother clinging to life revealed what happened. Now detectives more keen than ever to solve horrific murder

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Three decades on from the unsolved murder of a mother who was attacked in a churchyard, detectives have renewed their push to find her killer or killers. Tracey Mertens was doused in petrol and set alight in Eaton churchyard near Congleton, in Cheshire, on 23 December 1994. She was 31-years-old. Despite having burns to around 95 per cent of her body, Mertens held on to life for 12 hours and was able to tell detectives as much as she could before…

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Mother clinging to life revealed what happened. Now detectives more keen than ever to solve horrific murder

Three decades on from the unsolved Christmas murder of a mother who was brutally attacked in a churchyard, detectives have renewed their push to find the killer.Tracey Mertens was 31 when she was doused in petrol and set alight in Eaton churchyard near Congleton, in Cheshire, on 23 December 1994.Despite having burns to around 95 per cent of her body, Mertens held on to life for 12 hours and was able t...

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