Twenty-year-old Ann Ballantine lived alone in a flat on Yeaman Place in Edinburgh, Scotland. According to her family, she was a “happy-go-lucky” young woman who would visit her parents often for meals and to do her laundry. However, when Christmas of 1986 rolled around, Ann was notably absent from the annual family celebration, and her … More Ann Ballantine

Eighty-six-year-old Sarah Hill was a tiny woman, standing only four-foot-ten and weighing a little over one hundred pounds. She had spent her entire life working in the cotton mills near her home in Lees, Greater Manchester, England. Now retired, she lived alone in a house on Thomas Street, and because of her frail health and … More Sarah Hill

Thirty-six-year-old Diana Maw was a highly accomplished woman, a fairly well-to-do recruitment consultant who lived in a high-end flat on Woodfield Court in Ealing, London. She was planning on moving into a much bigger house with her boyfriend before too long. However, she would never get the chance. On July 20th, 1988, Diana was due … More Diana Maw

Twenty-seven-year-old Debbie Faye Pelletier was a loving, well-liked mother of four who lived in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. She’d had a rough life in general, being a survivor of an abusive family, and had also recently gotten out of her own abusive relationship. On Christmas Eve of 1988, she had invited some friends over to her … More Debbie Faye Pelletier

Seventy-one-year-old Ralph McIntosh was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland; he was a veteran of World War II, and an avid golfer who could have gone pro had the war not intervened. As it was, he’d been successful in his post-war career as a secretary of the British Investment Trust. After he retired, he and his … More Ralph McIntosh

Seventy-three-year-old Constance Aris, better known as Connie, or sometimes “Little Granny” because of her diminutive size, lived in a house on Roman Road in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. She had lived alone since 1978, following the death of her husband Hubert. Connie was a well-loved, very religious woman, and had a close relationship with her son … More Connie Aris

Sixty-four-year-old Eric Carver lived alone in a house in Lenton, Nottingham, England. On December 23rd, 1980, he was found bludgeoned to death in his bed. Forensic examination determined that he had been struck between seven and ten times in the skull with a wrench or a hammer and that he had likely been killed sometime … More Eric Carver

Dora Pratt was seventy-six years old and ran a corner shop on Bulstrode Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. She lived alone, in a house adjoining the shop. The night of Friday, January 8th, 1982 had been unusually snowy, so much so that the scheduled Saturday soccer match between Ipswich Town and Manchester United had been postponed, … More Dora Pratt

Thirty-three-year-old Shelley Morgan was a mother of two who was born in the United States but later moved to Bristol, England, where she was attending art classes at the Bristol Polytechnic Art College. At around eight-thirty a.m. on the morning of June 11th, 1984, Shelley dropped her children off at school and then went to … More Shelley Morgan

Sixteen-year-old Kevin Hicks was described as a happy-go-lucky teenager who liked school and lived with his parents in Addiscombe, Croydon, London, England. March 2nd, 1986 was a normal day like any other, which Kevin spent with his family. At about eight-thirty p.m., though, Kevin told his parents that he needed to go buy some eggs … More Kevin Hicks