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Man admits murder of woman missing for 28 years

News imageWest Midlands Police An old and blurry film photo of a women's face. She has brown hair.West Midlands Police
Patricia Lashley, a mother of seven, was last seen near her home in Dudley in September 1998

A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a woman who went missing 28 years ago.

Patricia Lashley, who was 33 at the time, was last seen near her home on Hall Street, Dudley, in September 1998.

Trevor Dunkley, 66, pleaded guilty to her murder and a separate count of preventing her lawful burial at a hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday.

He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at the same court on 6 November.

West Midlands Police previously said Lashley, a mother of seven, moved to Dudley in the 1990s and it was understood she and Dunkley knew one another.

Her body has never been found.

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