Detectives have taken to daytime TV to seek answers to a historic unsolved Southampton murder.

Hampshire Constabulary has reopened its 35-year-old investigation into the death of Ricky Haywood, who was found dead in his flat above on Shirley Road on October 16, 1989, having been shot multiple times. 

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Presenters on the BBC's Crimewatch Live programme, Rav Wilding and Michelle Ackerley, described the Haywood case as one "that has puzzled detectives for more than three decades".

Detective Inspector, Elizabeth Brunt, is the new lead investigator on the case. 

Speaking on the programme Det Insp Brunt said: "In the region of eleven thousand people spoken to, they obtained in the region of 4,000 statements and despite all these enquires, the person responsible was never found.

(Image: BBC) "Ricky’s mum who is no longer with us, she was desperate to get justice for Ricky and sadly she never got to learn the truth.

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"I believe there are people out there that haven’t spoken to us yet and I want them to come forward now."

Police have offered a £20,000 for information in the Haywood case.