Five year-old David Lawrence was found dead in a public lavatory in a children’s playground in Southwark, south London, in 1968.
Category archives: Historical Murders
The unsolved murder of DC Jim Morrison
Detective Constable James Morrison, 26, was stabbed to death trying to arrest a suspected bag snatcher in London’s West End in 1991.
Soldier killed in arson attack: Noddy Richards
Lance Corporal Neville Richards, 22, died after his home in Battersea was set on fire on 26 December 1982.
Unsolved Putney Murder: John Gibbons
Retired engineer John Gibbons, 49, was found stabbed to death at his home on 17 March 1985. Mr Gibbons, originally from British Guiana, had been stabbed through the heart and his throat was slashed. His body was discovered by his 16 year-old daughter Dawn at the flat in Huntingford House, Horne Way, Putney. A 28-year-old man was …
Murder on the Train: Deborah Linsley
Deborah Linsley, 26, was stabbed to death on the 2.16pm train from Orpington to Victoria Station on Wednesday 23 March 1988. She was found lying on the floor of the carriage in a pool of blood when the train arrived at platform 2 at around 2.50pm. Debbie, who worked as a hotel manager in Edinburgh …