Twenty-five-year-old Patricia Grainger lived in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. She had a son named Danny, and suffered from learning disabilities that may have made her too trusting of strangers, according to family members. On August 10th, 1997, Patricia’s partially nude body was found dumped under an abandoned bed frame near a brook not far from … More Patricia Grainger

Seventeen-year-old Jodine Brown was a former student at Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School in Birmingham, England. Though she was known as something of a loner, the few friends she did have called her an “angel” who was never in any trouble. She had an older boyfriend named Phil Luckman who she was planning to marry. In … More Jodine Brown

Fifty-two-year-old Joy Hewer was a retired primary school teacher and devout Christian who lived alone in a sixth-floor flat on St. David’s Court in Walthamstow, London, England. According to her family, she was a kind, dedicated woman who spent her retirement volunteering for various charities in the area. She was involved in just such an … More Joy Hewer

Sixty-three-year-old Geoffrey Leeming lived in a house on Linley Avenue, Haxby, North Yorkshire with his family. He was a military veteran. On October 9th, 1996, Geoffrey was found beaten and stabbed to death in his own garage. His wife was reportedly in the house watching television when the attack occurred. In 1997, Geoffrey’s wife, son, … More Geoffrey Leeming

Thirty-five-year-old Stephen Primrose worked as a debt collector and lived in a house on Chester Road in Cheshire, England with his common-law wife Julie O’Connell, and their baby son Shaun. In January 1996, someone entered the family home and beat Stephen in the head multiple times with a blunt object. The motive for the attack … More Stephen Primrose

Janet Murgatroyd was a vivacious twenty-year-old who attended school at the University of Central Lancashire and worked part-time for the Lancashire Police. On Saturday, June 15th, 1996, Janet spent the day shopping with her friend Fiona Watson in Preston, and then the pair of them made the rounds of some local pubs during the evening. … More Janet Murgatroyd

Thirty-eight-year-old Marsha Wray worked as a nurse at Harrogate District Hospital in North Yorkshire, England. She was married and had two children, nine-year-old Philippa and six-year-old Robert. On the morning of Friday, January 24th, 1997, Marsha dropped her children off at their primary school, which was only around the corner from the family’s residence. After … More Marsha Wray

Richard Miles had just turned twenty-nine on March 4th, 1993. He worked as an auto body mechanic in a car repair shop called Pollards in Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire, England. On March 10th, Richard went home for lunch at around one in the afternoon but never returned to work. Two and a half hours later, … More Richard Miles

Fifteen-year-old Nobantu Zani, better known to friends and family as Mandy, was originally from South Africa, but fled to England with her family in 1990 after her anti-apartheid activist father, Thamsaqa ‘Thami’ ka Mnyele, was murdered by security forces in 1985. Despite her tragic background, Mandy was a bubbly, outgoing teenager who attended Buttershaw Upper … More Nobantu “Mandy” Zani

Twenty-two-year-old Revelle Balmain was a model and a dancer in Sydney, Australia, who also worked as an escort on the side to cover her bills. In late 1994, she was planning to set out on a six-week tour of Japanese cabarets, working as a hostess; it was a gig she’d done several times before. On … More Revelle Balmain