POLICE have launched a fresh appeal for information into the death of Herefordshire skydiver Stephen Hilder.

Det Supt Colin Andrews, of Humberside Police, who is leading the investigation, said that although a motive had not yet been found, he remained confident that the murder mystery would be solved.

"We still have a lot of inquiries to make and there is some real hard spade work to put in, but we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who killed Stephen."

"I believe the person responsible for Stephen's death has confided in another person and I'm appealing to that individual to contact us and tell us what they know."

Army cadet Mr Hilder, aged 20, died after falling 13,000ft at Hibaldstow Airfield in north Lincolnshire on Friday, July 4.

The cord on his main parachute had been deliberately severed as well as the strapping on his reserve chute.

Since the murder investigation was launched, detectives have interviewed more than 200 people, including family, friends, teachers and fellow students at the Defence Academy in Shrivenham and Bristol University.

Yesterday, Mr Hilder's parents Paul and Mary Hilder, both 51, visited the site where their son met his death for the first time.

They also visited the incident room where the inquiry is based.

"We are working closely with the family and were very pleased to see them here yesterday," said Det Supt Andrews.

"We talked at length about the investigation and that communication will continue throughout the inquiry."