These 26 homicide cases from 2018 remain unsolved*. Can you help? Contact the police, or Crimestoppers on 0800555111. Yaya Mbye, 26, was stabbed to death on the George Downing Estate in Stoke Newington at around 11.34pm on 28 January 2018. Police said he had been chased by three or four young men dressed in dark …
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Unsolved Murders in London: 2017
These 17 murders in London in 2017 remain unsolved*. Can you help? Jonathon McPhillips, 28, was stabbed in the chest during a fight between two groups of youths in Upper Street, Islington, in the early hours of 25 February 2017. The father-of-two died four days later in hospital. Michael Dyra, 22, (29.12.95) of Hoxton, was …
Murders up or murders down? The strange world of homicide statistics
Did the number of murders in London increase or or decrease last year? It depends whether you mean calendar year or financial year.
Cuts to the ‘Murder Squad’
The Metropolitan Police unit responsible for investigating murders* in London was cut by nearly 40 per cent between 2004 and 2017 (see table below). Figures obtained via a Freedom of Information request show the Homicide and Serious Crime Command (HSCC) reduced in total strength almost every year over that period. The sharpest fall was from …
Off The Map: Oluwadamilola Odeyingbo
The case of 18 year-old Oluwadamilola Odeyingbo has been removed from the database after the Metropolitan Police concluded it was not a homicide. Their decision was taken after a special post-mortem gave a cause of death as multiple organ failure from a pre-existing medical condition. The police statement reads: The cause of death has been …