The family of a woman murdered just days after her 21st birthday say they will ‘never stop fighting’ to find her killer 26 years on. 

Vicky Glass was last seen in Union Street, Middlesbrough, around 4am on September 24, 2000.

Her body was found 20 miles away lying in a stream on moorland near Danby, North Yorkshire on November 3, 2000. 

Since that time, murder detectives have combed through more than 200 hours of CCTV footage and arrested four individuals, including a 65-year-old man in June this year, who remains on bail. 

But as yet, no-one has been charged.

Her anguished mother, Deborah, passed away without ever knowing who murdered her daughter.

Now 26 years on since she disappeared, Vicky’s family said they mourn for her ‘every single day’ and want her killer to ‘pay the price’.

They said in a statement: ‘As another year passes, as we sit to write another plea, we are finding it hard to express how deeply we feel.

‘We have spoken about our pain year after year, how can we emphasise that this pain increases as the time goes on. 

‘It is vicious and brutal. It breaks us down, but it will never stop us from fighting for Vicky, to keep asking for your help, to get answers, to get justice for Vicky.

The family of Vicky Glass, who was murdered just days after her 21st birthday, say they will ‘never stop fighting’ to find her killer 26 years on

CCTV footage of Vicky released in 2022 showed her walking with a friend in the Cannon Park area of Middlesbrough just hours before she disappeared

‘Our grief intensifies, it’s not only grieving her life being taken, we grieve for the woman she could have been if she was still here with us, the chance for change was ripped from her.

‘We grieve for our family, for who we could have been, a family with Vicky with us. 

‘We mourn every single day, not being able to talk to her, go shopping with her, sitting around a table with her having a family meal, laughing with her, making memories with her, all the small things that are taken for granted we do not have. 

‘We were not given that chance.

‘For 26 years we have been waiting for the cold-blooded monster that murdered Vicky to be named, for justice to be served, for them to pay the price for what they have done.

‘For 26 years this killer has lived a life they had no right to live, a life free of consequence with no thought for the life they stole our Vicky’s life and our lives.

‘Our lives are plagued, there is a dark shadow that follows us, we can’t get justice for Vicky on our own so we ask once again, we implore anyone with any information, big or small, to please come forward.’

Cleveland Police senior investigating officer, Detective Chief Inspector Steve Chatterton, said: ‘Vicky’s family have longed for answers regarding her death and the person responsible for 26 years. 

‘As we continue to investigate Vicky’s murder, we would again appeal for anyone with information regarding Vicky’s whereabouts, between the last sighting of her and her body being found six weeks later, to contact us.

‘Any information at all could assist us in finally bringing to justice the person who murdered Vicky Glass, and bringing an end to this nightmare for her family.’

In 2022, police released CCTV footage in the hope that it could yield further leads in the investigation. 

Vicky, who was a sex worker, can be seen in the footage with a friend wearing light-coloured trousers and top, white trainers and a dark-coloured puffer-style jacket.

After speaking to the friend from the CCTV, police learned Vicky had engaged in a conversation with a lorry driver who provided her with money.

Police say Vicky left ‘personal effects’ with the trucker and agreed to meet him later in the day.

The driver is described as male, white, 34 to 38 years old at the time, broad build and had a distinctive mole on his face.

Vicky was last seen being dropped off by a taxi driver at 4am on September 24, 2000, on Union Street at the junction of Eshwood Square in Middlesbrough. 

Anyone with information can contact Cleveland Police on 101, the dedicated inquiry line on 01642 301773 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.