UK UK - Harry Tooze, 64, Megan Tooze, 67, South Wales, 26 July 1993

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Aman who married the daughter of a couple he was accused of murdering at their farmhouse is living as a recluse 30 years later as police announce they have reopened the case, MailOnline can exclusively reveal today.

Jonathan Jones was cleared of blasting his future in-laws Harry and Megan Tooze to death with a shotgun, but the double murder at a farm in South Wales in July 1993 remains unsolved.

Jones, who says he has suffered three decades of 'inner turmoil', hopes a forensic review of the murders will lead police to the real killer of his wife's parents.

Locals say Jones, 63, and Cheryl, his wife of 25 years, are rarely seen together and say he lives alone at the marital home, a modest semi in Caerphilly.

A neighbour said: 'You never see him, not even to put his rubbish out. I haven't seen Cheryl there for quite a while.'

But the couple were filmed together by ITV this week after South Wales Police announced top forensic scientist Dr Angela Gallop has been brought in.

Jones, who wrongly served a year of a life sentence for the murders, claims to have worked with police to find the true killer. The former self-employed recruitment consultant says he is 'hugely excited' that the forensic team will crack the case.

Reclusive life of man wrongly jailed for murder of future in-laws

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Jones was cleared of blasting his future in-laws Harry and Megan Tooze to death with a shotgun, but the double murder at a farm in South Wales in 1993 remains unsolved.

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Harry and Megan Tooze were killed at their farmhouse home in Llanharry on 26 July 1993
Police hope advances in forensic science will finally lead them to the killer who brutally murdered a married couple at their farmhouse 30 years ago.
Harry and Megan Tooze were shot dead at their home in Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 26 July 1993

The case remains one of Wales' most notorious unsolved murders
"As years have gone on, forensic science has moved on, there are new sensitivities in relation to DNA, in relation to the way we look at other evidence, whether that's fibres, whether that's blood," he said.

When asked how likely it was that they would ever solve the murders, he said: "The honest answer is I don't know if we will find the killer from this forensic review - we know forensic science has moved on, there might be other opportunities now. I am cautiously optimistic but I can't say if we will or not.”

"To kill two people in their own home with a shotgun in broad daylight - I think that would be a difficult secret to keep, so I wouldn't be surprised if somebody knows who the killer is and where information might be to lead us to that killer," he said.

Harry and Megan Tooze: Police review couple's killing 30 years on

Police hope scientific advances will finally lead them to Harry and Megan Tooze's shotgun killer.

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[Westchester76]

Have read a few thoughts that John Cooper may be responsible for this, but don't see it myself.
There was no robbery, which was always Cooper's MO. If he got interrupted or angry he would kill, but The Tooze's murder was a assassination, plain and simple. If it was not the son-in-law it would of been a local person or neighbour, who had a grudge against the couple. The China tea set that was laid out, that suggested that had a special visitor would of been arranged post murder by the culprit to suggest it was an out of town guest, rather than a local popping in. Their daughter had said that they would of not brought out these tea cups for the son-in-law's visit