The killer of a 39-year-old masseuse became known to police soon after the murder – but was not caught until his DNA was matched to a single hair left on the victim’s ring at her flat in Baker Street, Marylebone, nearly 30 years later.
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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.
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 …
‘Maida Vale Ripper’: The unsolved murder of Amala Whelan
Amala Ruth De Vere Whelan, 22, was found dead at her home in Maida Vale, west London, on 16 November 1972. She had been raped, beaten and strangled with a stocking. There was no sign of forced entry at the flat at 61 Randoph Avenue and the word ‘ripper’ had been sprayed on to the …
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Murder at the Queens Hotel: Emmy Werner
Holocaust survivor Emmy Werner, 68, was murdered in her hotel room in Bayswater on 17 September 1972. The widow was found dead in her bed by a chambermaid at Queens Hotel in Inverness Terrace at around 1pm. She had been strangled and had suffered other serious injuries suggesting she had woken and disturbed her attacker. …