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 …
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Adam: The Torso in the Thames
On the afternoon of Friday September 21, 2001, passers-by spotted an brightly-coloured object floating in the water past the Tower of London and under Tower Bridge. It was recovered by the Metropolitan Police near the Globe Theatre and found to be the body of an African boy, aged five or six. His head and limbs …
The Bunny Girl Murder: Eve Stratford
Model Eve Stratford, 21, was murdered in her own home in Leyton, east London, on 18 March 1975.
Tottenham Riots: The unsolved murder of Keith Blakelock
PC Keith Blakelock was stabbed to death during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, north London. The 40 year-old father-of-three, who was originally from Sunderland, was one of the first officers called to the estate on October 6, 1985. He and his colleague PC Richard Coombes were attacked by a group armed with sticks, knives …
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Year of the Ripper: PC Michael Lewis
The death of a 48-year-old police constable results in two men being charged with murder.