THE daughter of a woman murdered on the Roseland 20 years ago today has described the devastating impact the unsolved crime has had on her.

Devon and Cornwall Police launched a fresh appeal earlier this week ahead of the anniversary of the killing of Lyn Bryant, 40, on October 20, 1998.

Lyn was attacked as she walked the family dog near her home in Ruan High Lanes on The Roseland.

Her body was found in a gateway of a field on an unclassified road between Ruan High Lanes Methodist Chapel and Treviles Manor. She had been stabbed a number of times in a prolonged attack.

Since the fresh appeal on Monday, more than 100 calls and messages have been received by the investigation team via the incident room and online police portal. This compares to around 60 responses overall from the 10th anniversary appeal.

The renewed appeal has so far generated nine new viable lines of enquiry which are being progressed by detectives from the Major Crime Investigation Team.

Six of the leads relate to names of already known individuals who may now be asked to provide a DNA sample for elimination purposes.

A full forensic review in 2015 and scientific advances have brought about a critical breakthrough– a new partial DNA profile believed to belong to Lyn’s killer.

Speaking on the anniversary, Lyn's daughter Lee Taylor has described the impact that the murder has had on her.

In the video, which you can view in full above, Lee said: "She was a lovely lady - very popular, friendly and very sociable. She had time for everybody. She was really family-orientated; her children and her husband were the most important things to her, and she was really looking forward to having more grandchildren."

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Lee Taylor

Since October 2016 officers have been retaking DNA samples from some of the 6,000 individuals who originally gave their DNA to the enquiry, plus possible matches from the National DNA Database.

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Detectives say a name suggested by the public could now be the vital piece of the puzzle needed to catch and bring Lyn’s killer to justice.

Police are calling on people to come forward with critical information that they may have withheld at the time, either due to divided loyalty, half suspicions or simply not thought relevant at the time.

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Lee and Lyn

A £10,000 reward has been offered by independent charity Crimestoppers for information which leads to the arrest and conviction of Lyn’s killer.

Senior Investigating Officer Stuart Ellis, a retired detective inspector from the Force’s Major Crime Team in Bodmin, said: “We are asking people to cast their minds back to 1998 as I am convinced that the public hold vital pieces of information to help us solve this case.

“We are urging for anyone who has information, however small, not to hesitate and to contact us. We have the forensic evidence – all we need now is names of individuals so that we can match or eliminate them against the DNA profile.”

The death of the mum-of-two in her home village is one of the largest and longest running unsolved murder enquiries carried out by Devon and Cornwall Police. Despite several high-profile media and public appeals her killer is yet to be found.

In 1998 police pieced together Lyn’s final movements and witnesses reported critical sightings of three unknown men in the vicinity at the time.