caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size height name parents birth_date image article_title birth_name
danielle jones 18 june 2001 unknown east tilbury , essex , england 100px 1.73 m ft danielle sarah jones anthony and linda jones 16 october 1985 danielle jones.jpg murder of danielle jones
 danielle sarah jones
murder of danielle jones

the murder of danielle jones was an english murder case where no body was found and the conviction relied upon forensic authorship analysis of text messages sent on the victim 's mobile phone .
danielle sarah jones , -lrb- 16 october 1985 -- c. 18 june 2001 -rrb- , was last seen alive on 18 june 2001 ; her body has never been found .
jones 's uncle , stuart campbell , a builder , was convicted of abduction and murder on 19 december 2002 .
campbell was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder as well as 10 years for abduction .
after the trial , controversy arose when it was revealed campbell had prior convictions for indecent assault on other girls of similar ages .
the use of forensic authorship analysis of text messages in the case provoked research into its use in other cases .
