BILLIE-JO JENKINS was brutally bludgeoned to death in one of the UK's most high-profile unsolved murders in 1997.But who was she, and what happened?Wh.
In the two retrials following, the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and Siôn was formally acquitted in 2006. On that fateful afternoon on February 15 1997, 13-year-old foster child Billie-Jo was painting the patio doors at the back of the house when she was struck at least five times on the head in a shocking attack. When foster dad Siôn returned to the house following a trip to a DIY store with his two oldest daughters, he found Billie-Jo dying, in a pool of blood. Billie-Jo spent five years with the family in their home in Hastings, on the East Sussex coast, and was described as "fun-loving", with dreams of becoming an actor. Billie-Jo Margaret Jenkins was a schoolgirl who was beaten to death at her home in Hastings, East Sussex, in February 1997. BILLIE-JO JENKINS was brutally bludgeoned to death in one of the UK's most high-profile unsolved murders in 1997.
Billie-Jo was just 13 years old when she was found bludgeoned to death in her foster parents' back garden. Although her foster father, Siôn Jenkins, was ...
She said: “I wish it had been me, I truly do. “They will need time. Billie-Jo Jenkins was in foster care during the time of her death. The death of Billie-Jo Jenkins still remains one of the biggest mysteries in the UK. While Annie was helping Siôn wash his car at the front of the house, Billie-Jo was painting in the back. However, when her foster father returned from a shopping trip with Annie and Lottie, he found Billie-Jo in a pool of blood on the patio.