A KEY clue in the unsolved murder of a pregnant mum who had her throat slashed after her car broke down has been revealed. Marie Wilks, 22, was driving along the M50 in Herefordshire on her way back from visiting husband Adrian at a barracks on June 18, 1988. Advertisement 6 The murder of Marie Wilks remains unsolved Credit: PA 6 Marie with her husband Adrian and their son Mark Credit: Mike Pollard 6 The abandoned SOS telephone with its handset left off its hook on the hard shoulder of the M50 Credit: Rex Features She was seven months pregnant at the time and with her 11-year-old sister Georgia and 13-month-old son Mark when her car broke down on the motorway.
A nervous Marie, who had only recently passed her test, was forced to leave the car and find an emergency telephone to call for help. But she never returned to the car. Instead she was later found with throat slashed on an embankment three miles away.
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mum's murder unsolved 30yrs on despite chilling last words AVA UPDATE Baby Ava mystery STILL unsolved a month after her body was found near bridge Former soldier Eddie Browning was jailed for her murder the following year. But the conviction was overturned five-and-a-half years later when a judge found police had kept evidence from the trial. But a key clue in Marie's murder were tyre marks found at the scene.
An expert gave evidence at trial that a skid mark found close to where Marie's body was discovered ma.
