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

Thirty-three-year-old Yvonne Fitt wasn’t at a particularly good place in her life. She had been a sex worker for nearly a decade, plying her trade around Leeds and Bradford, West Yorkshire, and had also become addicted to crack cocaine. She was a mother to an eleven-year-old daughter, and lived a somewhat itinerant lifestyle, staying with … More Yvonne Fitt

Thirty-three-year-old Karen Reed lived on Willow Way in Woking, Surrey, England. On the evening of April 30th, 1994, Karen’s friend Anne Smith had come over to visit. At approximately nine-fifteen p.m., there was a knock at the front door. Karen got up and opened the door partway, asking who was there. The man on the … More Karen Reed

Ninety-four-year-old Dorothy Wood had lived in her home on Whitby Avenue in Fartown, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire for sixty years. Her home had been robbed twice, once in 1993 and once in 1996, and though she’d had a burglar alarm installed, she usually turned it off because she kept accidentally triggering it. At around seven-thirty p.m. … More Dorothy Wood

On New Year’s Eve of 1987, nineteen-year-old Trevor Monerville was on his way to visit his aunts when he mysteriously went missing. The following day, his family found out through the grapevine that he may have been taken to the police station in Stoke Newington, London, England, and they went there to find him. At … More Trevor Monerville

Twenty-seven-year-old Julie Smailes was described as a fun-loving young woman who worked as a sales manager at Sun Micro Systems in Greencroft, County Durham, England. She lived alone in a house on Wingrove Terrace in nearby Leadgate. On the night before Halloween of 1996, Julie was at home, watching TV and chatting on the phone … More Julie Smailes

Fifty-year-old Mary McKinlay was the head English teacher at Duncanrig Secondary School in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was described as friendly, affectionate, dedicated, and well-loved by her students. She lived alone in an eighth-floor flat in Glen Tower on Range Road, Motherwell. On Saturday, May 21st, 1994, Mary was seen conversing with a … More Mary McKinlay

Thirty-five-year-old Sarah Lewin was a mother to two children named Leanne and Kyle, but lived alone in a council house on Bradley Boulevard, Sheepridge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. In 1994, she was unemployed, her only income derived from selling amphetamines. She was also believed to be marginally involved with an operation that smuggled alcohol and … More Sarah Lewin

Forty-four-year-old Peter Rasini lived in Palmers Green, North London, and had run a stall buying and selling antiques at Alfie’s Antique Market in Paddington for more than twenty years. On Sunday, March 24th, 1991, a friend and colleague of Peter’s went to his house at around six-thirty p.m. to negotiate an antique sale. At this … More Peter Rasini