Police match Milly DNA to church

DETECTIVES hunting the killer of British schoolgirl Milly Dowler have matched DNA from the inquiry with a sample found at the scene of a burglary in the north east of England, Surrey Police said yesterday.

DNA taken from Milly’s clothing matches the sample found at a church in Sunderland where there was a break-in on October 31 last year.

The breakthrough came 10 months after Milly disappeared from her home in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey.

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