It was a bank holiday in the UK on Monday, August 28th, 2000. Twenty-eight-year-old Hounslow insurance salesman Abdul Bhatti, along with many others, was attending the Notting Hill Carnival in North Kensington, London, England. A gang of up to fifty young people, comprised largely of black males in their teens and early twenties, had been … More Abdul Bhatti

Paul Wright was a twenty-six-year-old laborer, based in the Cricklewood area of London, England. On the night of August 17th, 2000, Paul was out drinking with friends at The Castle pub in Golders Green. At some point, according to witnesses, Paul became involved in an argument with a group of young people at the intersection … More Paul Wright

Jonathan “Jonny” Bristow was thirty-nine years old, and a familiar fixture around Chatham, Kent, England. He owned a small building firm called SEC Environmental Services and also held a stake in the Chequered Flag, a pub on Chatham’s High Street. In the summer of 2000, he was in the midst of renovating the rooms above the … More Jonathan “Jonny” Bristow

Beatrice Wilson was a seventy-four-year-old widow and retired lunch lady who lived alone in a flat in Poole, Dorset, England. On the evening of July 21st, 2000, she was asleep in her home when someone evidently climbed through her window, likely intent on robbery. The following day, which was a Saturday, Beatrice’s son-in-law and grandson … More Beatrice Wilson

Patricia Real was a forty-six-year-old divorced mother of two, who lived on Hallmark Avenue in Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada. At approximately eleven p.m. on the night of July 17th, 2000, Patricia and her new boyfriend returned home and went into the backyard of the residence. What they didn’t seem to realize was that they had been … More Patricia “Patty” Real

Forty-year-old Karen Chandler was a divorced mother of two grown sons who worked as a security guard at the Ministry of Defense Vehicle Depot in Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England. Early on the morning of June 20th, 2000, she left her home in West Lavington to drive to work, but she never arrived there. Her whereabouts were … More Karen Chandler

Twenty-three-year-old Albert Lutterodt lived in a flat in Barrie House, Acton, West London. On June 10th, 2000, he and several others went on an organized bus trip to the Alton Towers theme park. According to witnesses, he was involved in some type of argument with another individual or individuals on the bus, though the exact … More Albert Lutterodt

London resident Symon Simson was a forty-one-year-old man who tended to keep to himself, working at his brother’s grocery store and indulging in his passion for cars in his down time. According to everyone who knew him, he had no enemies. On May 4th, 2000, Symon had just left work, locking up the shop at … More Symon Simson

Sixty-three-year-old Wlodzimierz Komisarek was a Polish immigrant who lived in Edison Road, Hornsey, London. On May 15th, 2000, he was found beaten and strangled in bed in his home. Police believed he had possibly awoken and surprised a burglar, who then killed him. Some items appeared to have been stolen from Wlodzimierz’s residence, and the … More Wlodzimierz Alesandor Komisarek

On May 12th, 2000, a person called the Lee County Sheriff’s Office in South Florida and reported a dead man lying under a tree near the intersection of Dupree Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Fort Myers. Authorities arrived on the scene and determined that the victim–later identified as sixty-nine-year-old John “Pops” … More John “Pops” Joseph