Elderly suspect cleared in 1993 Welsh farming couple’s murders
An 87-year-old man arrested in December 2025 in connection with the 1993 murders of farming couple Harry and Megan Tooze has been cleared after ten months of investigation. The arrest was made as part of Operation Vega, a forensic review launched in 2023, but police have advised the man he faces no further action. This development matters because the case has already seen an innocent person wrongly imprisoned, and the true killer remains unidentified.
Harry, 64, and Megan, 67, were shot in the head in a cowshed at their Welsh farm near Cardiff on 26 July 1993. Their daughter's boyfriend, Jonathan Jones, was wrongly convicted and imprisoned for life in 1995 but released a year later when his conviction was ruled unsafe; he and Cheryl later married and campaigned to reopen the case. Operation Vega, supported by forensic scientist Professor Angela Gallop who solved high-profile UK murders, conducted comprehensive forensic analysis of crime scene evidence, though the investigation continues with police appealing for information.
- 87-year-old arrested in 2025 for 1993 farmhouse murders cleared after ten months
- Couple's daughter's boyfriend wrongly jailed then freed decades earlier
- True killer still unidentified despite major forensic review
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Harry and Megan Tooze were a farming couple shot dead in a cowshed on their Welsh farm near Cardiff on 26 July 1993. They were aged 64 and 67. Their murders triggered a lengthy investigation that has remained unsolved for over three decades.
The case has seen a wrongful conviction: Jonathan Jones, the boyfriend of the couple's daughter, was imprisoned for life in 1995 but had his conviction overturned a year later. The real killer was never identified. Jones and his wife Cheryl have since campaigned to reopen the case.
Police launched Operation Vega in 2023, a forensic review supported by Professor Angela Gallop, a leading forensic scientist known for solving high-profile UK murders. The operation has re-examined evidence using modern forensic techniques, and officers continue to appeal for information about who carried out the killings.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Murder suspect, 87, is cleared of shotgun killing of farmhouse couple 33 years ago that saw innocent son-in-law sent to jail”.