Eleven murder cases remain unsolved. Can you help bring the killers to justice?
Category archives: Feature
London homicide statistics 2022: Year in Review
We have counted 106 homicides in London for 2022. Although that figure may rise or fall depending on the outcome of investigations, it amounts to an 18 per cent fall from the 127 we counted in 2021.
Double jeopardy: The murder of Jacqueline Montgomery in 1975
Killer Dennis McGrory got away with the murder of his teenage niece for nearly 50 years before a review of the case secured new DNA evidence linking him to the crime
Shot dead in his mother’s car: The unsolved murder of Leon Forbes
Leon Forbes was beginning to make a name for himself as a talented young music producer when he was shot dead near his home in in Clapham, south London, on 7 December 2003.
Killed by her son: The death of Loretta Herman
A DJ strangled his 85-year-old mother at their home in Ilford six months after he was referred to a mental health crisis team because of concerns about his behaviour. Could her death have been prevented?