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
Eighty-three-year-old Warren Wheeler had spent twenty-seven years as a stoker in the Royal Navy, and later worked as a postman. He lived with his seventy-nine-year-old wife Elizabeth in a house called Yatscombe Cottage in Boars Hill, Oxfordshire, England. The couple had lived in the home for nearly three decades, but it had fallen to rack … More Warren and Elizabeth Wheeler
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-year-old Tom Hewitt owned a garage on Bright Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, England, and was only weeks away from marrying his longtime partner Sylvia, with whom he had a son. Sadly, though, he would never get the chance to walk down the aisle. Tom was working in his garage on September 7th, 1974, when an … More Tom Hewitt
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
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
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
August 21st, 2004 was the day before the twenty-eighth birthday of Tom Brown, a recent graduate from Southampton University who was working for the BBC as a librarian and archivist. He was described by family and colleagues as pleasant, caring, and popular, a man who could always be relied upon to do the right thing. … More Tom Brown
It was Valentine’s Day of 2007, and fifteen-year-old Billy Cox was last seen walking down a street near his home in Clapham, south London, England, accompanied by two unidentified males. Later that afternoon, Billy’s thirteen-year-old sister Elizabeth came home from school and found her brother bleeding profusely from gunshot wounds. She called emergency services and … More Billy Cox
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