Police have new information in the unsolved murder of Canterbury teenager Kirsty Bently, and now believe her killer was likely to have been a cannabis user living in Ashburton.
The Canterbury teenager went missing from her Ashburton home on New Years' Eve in 1998. The police are now offering a $100,000 reward for anyone with critical information.
They say they focus of the investigation has shifted away from her family. Bentley failed to return home from walking her dog and 18 days later her body was found near Rakaia Gorge, close to a cannabis growing area.
The police don't believe that was where she was killed. Journalist Chris Crooke has been following the cold case closely for the past decade.
He's just published new information on the case in this week's Listener.
He spoke to Susie Ferguson.
