Mum found dead hours after mystery phone call made her leave home - 31 years on, two have been arrested for murder

Two people have been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a mum thirty-one years ago.

Just after 10pm on August 24th, 1991, Veronica Anderson took a phone call at her home. Whoever it was, and whatever they said, prompted her to leave the house in a hurry and get a neighbour to babysit her seven-year-old son.

She drove her son to the neighbour's home saying she would be back in ten minutes as she "had an appointment". Five hours later she was found in her Cortina car with her throat cut.

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In a statement today, Cheshire Constabulary said two people had been arrested. "Detectives investigating the murder of Vera Anderson which took place on 24 August 1991 in Penketh, Warrington have arrested two people," a spokesperson said.

"Today (Wednesday 23 March), a 70-year-old man from Widnes and a 61-year-old woman from Warrington have been arrested on suspicion of murder. They both remain in custody being questioned by detectives."

Mother-of-two Veronica, known as Vera, left her home in Widnes at 10.10pm on Saturday, August 24, 1991, after receiving the phone call. Shortly after 3am on Sunday, August 25 1991, the 42-year-old was found dead in her car off Tannery Lane in Penketh, Warrington.

It was parked set back from the road in what was at the time a lovers' lane hideaway - a winding road of derelict buildings and open land. - popular with courting couples.

The location was a mile from her Widnes home in Penketh, off the A580 East Lancashire Road. Vera had left her home in Hadfield Close at 10.10pm on August 24 after receiving the phone call.

Vera was slumped over the driving wheel. No murder weapon was ever found but