The police investigation into a fatal shooting in Wood Green, north London, was ‘severely hindered’ by the destruction of the suspects’ car, an inquest heard. Witnesses refused to cooperate with detectives and a potential breakthrough – DNA found on a bullet cartridge – proved to be a dead end.
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The death of Amanda Gretton: ‘We have many unanswered questions’
Police launched a murder investigation after the body of a 57-year-old artist was found in a disused garage seven weeks after she was reported missing. Her family told an inquest they were still waiting for a resolution after nearly 5 years.
Unsolved murders in London: 2023
Eleven homicides in London in the year 2023 remain unsolved. Can you help solve these crimes? Contact the police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 111 555.
A random attack? The unsolved murder of Anthony Littler
A 45-year-old civil servant was beaten to death in an alleyway behind East Finchley tube station as he walked home from a night out in 1984. The killers have never been traced. Did they attack someone else there two days earlier? And who made the anonymous 999 call?
‘No suspects’: The unsolved murder of Andrew Oteng-Owusu in 2016
A 19-year-old student was stabbed to death 50 yards from his home minutes after receiving a phone call, an inquest heard