In the spring of 1971, the English coastal city of Bournemouth would play host to a crime that bore many similarities to the so-called Coronation Street Murder of Annie Walker from 1969.
On May 1st, 1971, seventy-three-year-old Rose Lifely was found dead in the front room of her home on Northcote Road in Bournemouth, where she lived alone. She had been stabbed multiple times, apparently the victim of a robbery gone wrong.
Police launched a massive investigation and offered a large reward for information, but no probable suspects were ever established. Investigators theorized that the killer was likely a local, and further surmised that the family of the murderer could well have covered for him to protect his identity, which remains unknown.
Crime Immemorial 