Earlier this year the Metropolitan Police released figures showing there were a total of 393 murders between 1997 and 2018 which remained unsolved (or using their definition, ‘undetected’). The number of undetected murders peaked in around 2001 before decreasing to single figures between 2011 and 2015, then increasing again to a new peak in 2018. […]
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The Nude Murders: ‘Jack the Stripper’
Between 1964 and 1965 six women were found dead in and around the River Thames. All of them had been strangled and all were naked, leading to their description as the ‘Nude Murders’. The first victim was 30 year-old Hannah Tailford, discovered in the river under a pier at Upper… You must be a paid […]
Unsolved Murders in London: 2018
These 27 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 appealed for information about three male suspects dressed in dark clothing who arrived and […]
Unsolved Murders in London: 2017
These 23 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 […]
The Waterloo Bridge Mystery
The Waterloo Bridge Mystery retains a preeminent position in the recollection of the public by reason of the horribleness of the details connected with it, the boldness of the scheme adopted for getting rid of the victim, and the success of the murderer in eluding the vigilance of the police.