When
Karen' Price's body was found, it was little more than
a skeleton and some rotten clothing. Various tests on
her teeth and an analysis of her physical attributes
gave the police clues as to her age, height and race.
From the evidence of insect life in the remains and
the soil surrounding it, and the evidence of the
clothes she was wearing, the time of death could be
placed as between 1981 and 1984, and it also showed
that the body had not been buried immediately after
death.
Richard
Neave of the University of Manchester reconstructed
the girl's face using the skull. From this she was
recognised, and DNA profiling and dental records
proved this. The model was shown on the television
programme Crimewatch UK in the hope that it would
bring further evidence to light. Idris Ali recognised
her, and was persuaded by friends to phone in and give
evidence. It came to light that Ali was Karen's small
time pimp, and that Charlton was a client. Charlton
had killed her after she refused to pose for
pornographic photographs.
Charlton was sentenced to life imprisonment, whilst
Ali, who was under age at the time of the murder, and
didn't play as great a part as Charlton was ordered to
be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure
