A 28-year-old marketing manager was found strangled in her flat in Walthamstow after police were alerted to the death of her partner in a car crash 45 miles away in Cambridgeshire. Did he kill her and then kill himself, or could there be another explanation?
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Year of the Ripper: Hannah Potzdamer
Abraham Potzdamer, 25, and his wife Hannah, 20, were two of the estimated 60,000 Jews living in east London in 1888. It was rumoured they had arrived from Russia in September (although their surname hinted at a connection with Germany) and that she had formerly worked at a “house of… You must be a paid …
A case of ‘Murder-Suicide’: The death of Niyat Teklemariam
The 21-year-old student was killed by her husband after asking for a divorce, according to evidence heard at an inquest. The killer dialled 999 at 12.07pm on 10 October 2019 and said the police needed to go to a house at 16 Ambleside Road in Harlesden. “I have just killed… You must be a paid …
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Year of the Ripper: Susannah Barrell
Robert and Susannah Barrell had been happily married for 22 years. They ran the Bancroft Arms Tavern together at 1 Moody Street, Mile End, and lived there with their four children. On Sunday July 1 they went to bed in good spirits. The next morning at a quarter-to-nine the eldest… You must be a paid …