Forty-nine-year-old mother of two Resham Kaur Dhillon lived in a house on Fisher Street, Willenhall, West Midlands, England. On March 5th, 1979, she was found dead in her bedroom, bound and gagged with pieces of her own clothing, and a ligature tied around her neck.
The motive for the murder was unclear; there was reportedly no sexual assault, though police believed that some gold and a sum of cash may have been stolen from the property.
Witnesses stated they’d seen two Asian men in the vicinity of the house at the time of the slaying; photofit images of these two suspects were circulated in the media but yielded no leads.
Likewise, a series of anonymous letters arrived at police headquarters claiming to have information about the crime, but these also failed to produce any solid evidence.
As there was no sign of forced entry, detectives hypothesized that the killer had perhaps posed as a potential buyer of the house, which was for sale at the time, in order to get inside.
Despite a thorough inquiry into the brutal crime, the perpetrator remained unknown, and the case is still open and unsolved nearly half a century later.
Crime Immemorial 