SUZY Lamplugh's killer is still "alive and at large", according to an ex-cop who's spent three years investigating the case.

The 25-year-old estate agent vanished in 1986 when she went to show a client around a house in Fulham, West London - and has never been seen since.

7 Estate agent Suzy Lamplugh went missing in 1986 and was declared dead in 1994 Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

7 Ex-detective David Videcette believes Ms Lamplugh may never have been going to an appointment at all Credit: YouTube

A cold case unit from the Metropolitan Police has spent years probing Suzy's disappearance, with a recent search for her remains in Pershore, Worcs., proving fruitless.

But former Scotland Yard detective David Videcette has accused his former colleagues of ignoring vital evidence after he handed them a dossier of his findings earlier in the summer.

He posted on Twitter: "Just to be clear, as some people don't think I've been explicit enough: over a month ago, among other things, I provided the police with evidence against a new suspect in the disappearance /murder of Suzy Lamplugh in 1986.

"This suspect is alive and at large."

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7 An aerial shot of the excavation scene in Worcestershire Credit: Dan Charity - The Sun

Though presumed murdered in 1994, Suzy's body has never been found and her killer never charged.

The latest failed search came months after cops dug up the garden of key suspect John Cannan's mother in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham - but also failed to find any evidence.

Mr Videcette, now a freelance investigator, believes he has identified a new suspect in the case.

And he claims Suzy never went to meet a client - a man known as "Mr Kipper" - before she disappeared.

The ex cop believes she instead left the office on her own to go on a personal errand during work time.

'ALIVE AND AT LARGE'

He told the Telegraph: "It is 33-years since she set out from her estate agency office to apparently meet a client.

“For more than three decades the police have been fixated on the idea that the man she met that day, the Mr Kipper, who she had mentioned in her office diary had killed her.

“I do not believe that is the case and my investigations have led me to conclude that there is another explanation and another suspect who has been overlooked.

“My job now is in convincing the police they’ve been looking in the wrong direction for more than three decades."

TIMELINE OF SUZY'S DISAPPEARANCE Suzy disappeared after attending an appointment in Shorrolds Road, Fulham on July 28, 1986. After the mystery house viewing, Suzy was never seen again. Police launched their investigation after she was declared missing and found her white Ford Fiesta parked outside a property for sale in Stevenage Road, one and a half miles away from her appointment in Shorrolds Road. Searches of the vehicle showed that her ignition key was missing, but her purse was left behind. In October 1987, the Metropolitan Police conducted DNA tests on 800 unidentified bodies in an attempt to identify Suzy. Two years later, John Cannan, a convicted rapist and killer, was questioned over her disappearance. In 1994, after the investigation failed to bring up any new leads, Suzy Lamplugh was officially declared dead. But the case was reopened in 2000 after police traced a car that may have been linked to the disappearance. In December that year John Cannan was arrested for murder and questioned, but not charged. In October last year, police began digging up a garden at the former home of John Cannan's mother. It was believed at the time that she was living in a different part of the country - and there was no suggestion that she was involved in or had any knowledge of this or any of her son's crimes. However tragically the search yielded no evidence at the property.

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A spokesman declined to comment on Mr Videcette's claims, but stressed that any new information regarding the case would be "assessed".

He said: "The case remains open, and the Met remains committed to bringing Suzy’s killer to justice. We will continue to assess any new information that comes in."

Anyone who knows anything that could assist the investigation is asked to call Met Police on 0207 230 4294.

Police begin new searches in Pershore, Worcestershire, in connection with disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh

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