Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961–26 April 1999) was an English journalist and television presenter who worked for the BBC for 14 years until she was murdered in April 1999. Her death sparked a huge manhunt by the Metropolitan Police and led to the trial and conviction of Barry George, who, after successful appeal and retrial, was ultimately acquitted on August 1, 2008, thus leaving the crime unsolved..