These five cases of homicide in London remain unsolved. Can you help bring the killers to justice? Oluwamayowa ‘Samson’ Adeymi, 21, was shot in the chest in Brackenfield Close, Clapton, Hackney, at around 11.30pm on 5 June. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspects are believed to have used a large Volvo estate …
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Year of the Ripper: Clarence Longman Jnr
On 11 October 1889, a young soldier in the 29th Steel Battery of the Royal Artillery at Newbridge Barracks in Ireland made a sudden confession. “I wish to give myself up,” Private Edwin Shuttleworth told his sergeant-major. ‘What for?’, came the reply. Shuttleworth was in already in trouble for leaving… You must be a paid …
Year of the Ripper: Elizabeth Bartlett
Fifty-six-year-old Elizabeth Bartlett was known in her neighbourhood on the Isle of Dogs in east London as a hard working and industrious woman who ran a shop selling cakes and milk. By contrast, her husband Levi Bartlett had earned a reputation for eccentric and sometimes violent behaviour that deteriorated even… You must be a paid …
Year of the Ripper: David Cavalier
At 8.30pm on Sunday, July 8, a 22-month-old boy was playing on the pavement outside his home in Warner Place, Bethnal Green, east London. David Cavalier ought to have been safe. Further down the road two plain clothes policemen were patrolling. There was no traffic and all seemed quiet. Then… You must be a paid …
Year of the Ripper: Elizabeth Gibbs
As the church bells rang in the New Year across central London, the first homicide victim of 1888 lay dying at St George’s Hospital in Hyde Park. Elizabeth Gibbs, 68, was a respectable married woman living in the wealthy area of Belgravia. She had been enjoying a pleasant walk along… You must be a paid …