caption death_date disappeared_place death_place birth_place body_discovered height name disappeared_date birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name death_cause
milly dowler 21 march 2002 station avenue , walton-on-thames , surrey unknown walton-on-thames , surrey , england yateley heath woods , yateley , hampshire , england 1.53 m ftin amanda jane dowler yes 2002 3 21 1988 6 25 25 june 1988 murder victim milly dowler.jpg murder of milly dowler
 amanda jane dowler not established
murder of milly dowler

amanda jane `` milly '' dowler was a 13-year-old english girl who was abducted on her way home from school in walton-on-thames , surrey , on 21 march 2002 , and subsequently murdered .
her body was discovered on 18 september 2002 .
on 23 june 2011 , levi bellfield was found guilty of dowler 's murder and sentenced to a whole-life prison tariff .
bellfield had been found guilty in 2008 of murdering marsha mcdonnell and amélie delagrange , and the attempted murder of kate sheedy , over the two years after he murdered dowler .
following her death , dowler 's parents established a charity called milly 's fund to `` promote public safety , and in particular the safety of the children and young people '' .
the case also generated debate over the treatment of victims and witnesses in court , after dowler 's family criticised the way they were cross-examined during bellfield 's trial .
dowler 's murder also played a significant role in the `` news of the world '' phone-hacking scandal .
it was revealed in 2011 that `` news of the world '' reporters had accessed her voicemail while she was reported missing .
the resulting outcry from the british public contributed to the closure of the newspaper and led to a range of investigations and inquiries into phone hacking and media ethics in british media .
