Over the last five-years, the Metropolitan Police recorded a total of 28 deaths that were investigated by homicide detectives in London before being ‘no crimed’ as non-supicious deaths.
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Year of the Ripper: Alice Bowden
On 27 July 1888 a two-year-old girl was left at the Royal Free Hospital in central London. The child’s name was Alice Bowden, but she was already dead. Her body was so thin an emaciated that she weighed only 8.5lbs, when a child of that age would normally weigh at… You must be a paid …
Year of the Ripper: Percy Andre
On the evening 16th May 1888, three boys were playing football in the street in Queen’s Park, northwest London. As usually happens, the ball ended up going over the fence into a resident’s garden and one of the boys entered through the gate to go and retrieve it. It was… You must be a paid …
Year of the Ripper: The Walthamstow Mystery
Annie Mary French, a 22 year-old married woman, was alone at her home at 208 Boundary Road in Walthamstow, east London, when the errand boy arrived with a piece of paper. She looked at the note and replied simply: “Tell him yes”. The errand boy left and got on with… You must be a paid …
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Year of the Ripper: Ann Rowley
On the evening of Saturday, 28th July 1888, a 74 year-old widow was on her way to Peckham from a visit to her grandson near Charing Cross. Ann Rowley walked to Westminster and paid two pence to board the tram heading to New Cross. As it reached the High Street… You must be a paid …