However, the case against him was circumstantial and the timings would have made it difficult for him to have carried out the murders, and he was acquitted. The table was found to have been laid out for a meal, nothing had been stolen, and there was no sign of forced entry or any interference with the house whatsoever. James Doyle Snr, 53, and his sons James Doyle Jnr, 23, Andrew Doyle, 18, and Tony Doyle, 14, together with Christina Halleron (their 25-year-old sister) and Mark Halleron (her 18-month-old son), died after the flat they were in a flat in Bankend Street, WPC Yvonne Fletcher, 25, was patrolling the area just outside the Libyan embassy during a protest when shots were fired into the crowd, injuring her fatally and 10 others less severely. [4] The defence also ridiculed the fact that the DNA analysis had cost "1m", and challenged Whittaker on this. Keith had last been seen at the Alma Tavern pub at lunchtime that day. Dr Alexander Wood was a very well-known and respected doctor within Dundee. I am not judging him I am just illustrating why, when the cops looked at the taxi angle, he became a prime suspect. Dr Alexander Wood was a very well-known and respected doctor within Dundee. 60-year-old Smith was throttled to death in his home on 23 September 1988. ", "The Missing Teen Whose Cold Case Was Revived With the Probe of a 'Warlock' Paedophile Ring", "Unsolved murders in Kent: Four cases - including Margery Wren, Sheila Martin and David Short - which bamboozled police detectives", "This man disappeared 30 years ago. Teenage mother Carol's naked body suspect being William Henry ipper hange researching for a crime novel set in Dundee. Nicholas Ashley-Cooper was born on 3 June 1979, in London, the younger son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (1938-2004), and his Swedish wife Christina Eva Montan (born c. 1940), the daughter of Nils Montan, a former Swedish Ambassador to Germany. Lee Boxell was last seen on the High Street in. Arif Khan's body was found in a garage on Coneygree Road on Friday, 9 May after the 28-year-old foundry worker's murder. 1984 . Ricky Beard, age 19 and Mary Leonard, age 18, Ritual Kidnap, Lover's Lane. The case went cold, but advances in DNA technology meant that the swabbing of men in the Leigh and. Murders in the Rue Morgue(144 in lower right corner) and The Outlaw(71 in lower right corner). 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He had been acquitted of Elizabeth McCabes murder. Tracey's uncle was charged with her murder but the charges were dropped; he vanished from his home in 2001 to escape vigilante attacks and police believe he subsequently took his own life. Murder petition FOUR YOUNG Dundee men appeared in private before Sheriff Green yesterday on a petition alleging murder. He evaded local police for 10 years until forensics linked him to a woman he tried to dump off an Interstate 5 overpass. [3] Her mother later said that she would normally have taken a bus or a taxi home after a night out. Ann was a 20-year-old woman whose body was found wrapped in carpet in a canal. I went down to the station. [14] Just like McCabe, she was strangled to death and found naked, and taxi drivers were also the key focus of the Lannen murder inquiry. Jack Christian, 74, was battered to death on 89 June at his home. Her body was discovered the next morning by her son and daughter-in-law. When discovered she was naked and had been strangled to death. Once again clothing and property was not found with her body. [30] The defence alleged that the fact that the hair found that matched Simpson's DNA had not been found in an earlier examination of the sheet in 2003 was significant. Police issued an artist's impression of the perpetrator, who forced his way into the property before holding the two young women at knifepoint and stabbing Miss Harris-Reed (who was also 22) to death. In 2007 a man called Vincent Simpson walked free from court. By Dan Heching, CNN. His case featured on, 23-year-old car mechanic Laurence Winstanley was last seen in his local pub in, 31-year-old Linda Suzanne Donaldson was from Liverpool. We first came across mention of it when looking at unsolved dog walker murders. His body was found slumped behind the car's passenger seat at 2, James Doyle Snr, James Doyle Jnr, Andrew Doyle, Tony Doyle, Christina Halleron and Mark Halleron. Years before two women were found only about 100 yards from each other in among the trees. Because nothing suggested that entry to Percy Francis' bungalow had been gained illegally, his killer had likely been welcomed into it by him. On 11 March 1989, a white man between 20 and 28 was seen going up to 44-year-old Patrick Byrne and hitting him with a wooden plank in broad daylight. The murder weapon, which the killer would have taken out with him, was never found. Southwest Portland local Alvin Brown killed three women and attempted to murder one more in the 1980s. [35] Subsequently, the jury found 61-year-old Simpson not guilty by a majority verdict in December 2007. Margaret McManus was found deceased in Queens Road in, 32-year-old Jeanette Kempton was last seen at The Loughborough Hotel in, The badly beaten body of James "Jimmy" Hassard, 47, was found in a car park in the Highland village of. Ms Lannens murder tied in to torn, bloodstained, clothing found in a layby 67 miles ( 108 km) north of Dundee. Louisiana, 1978/79, The Unsolved Shooting Of Craig Eaton, Liverpool, UK 2004, The Unsolved Murder Of 15 Year Old Sean McGann, UK, 1979, Devout Esther Soper Murdered While Selling Her Home: Devon, UK, 1976. Adam Rich rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s as a child playing the youngest Bradford family member, Nicholas. [23], Simpson, who was described as always smartly dressed and well-groomed, refused to give evidence at the trial. People continue to talk about the murder an apparently motiveless attack on a defenceless pensioner. What did not help Mr Simpson was he admitted spying on courting couples in the woods, had walked his dog there the night Ms McCabe went missing and he had a Ford Cortina taxi. Her diaries and personal belongings were missing from the scene, and her white, 14-year-old Lisa Hession was attacked and strangled to death on Saturday 8 December 1984 after being snatched as she walked home alone from a party. Elizabeth McCabe was a 20-year-old trainee nursery nurse who was described as quiet and shy. She was found dead 16 days later naked in the wood on 26 February 1980. Homeless Jillian Matthews, a 37-year-old with, Pamela Hastie, 16, went missing on her way home from school in November 1981. Although her body has never been found and little clues exist as regards to her fate, the disappearance of 18-year-old Louise Kay has been investigated by police as a suspected murder. The March 13, 2008 double murder was so shocking it made national headlines. Scotland's unsolved murders: 40 years of grief after women strangled and dumped in Templeton woods Carol Lannen and Elizabeth McCabe's deaths have been linked for four decades, after they were. Speculation followed that the murder was over money he owed due to a gambling habit. "It was a tremendous game, pretty . Royalbroil/Wikimedia. All Rights Reserved. "Fortean Traveller: Clapham Wood". DC Thomson Co Ltd 2023. Brownlow, Nick (2005). You can be guilty, innocent or not proven. Mother-of-two Marion Hodge, 33, was from the Scottish town of. Her body was not discovered until a month later when her mother became concerned about her lack of contact. Two weeks after Ms Lannens body was discovered more of her property was uncovered. The Law Killers: True Crime from Dundee. Mr Simpson had been interviewed within five days of Ms McCabe going missing. Adam Rich, an actor who rose to fame as a child playing the youngest Bradford family member, Nicholas, on the TV drama "Eight Is Enough," has died, according to the Los . Situated in a beautiful coastal setting overlooking the Mouth O' The Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, The Tayberry Restaurant offers . A 50-year-old app designer has appeared in court charged with double murder after allegedly beating a 25-year-old mother-of-two to death with a hammer and killing her two-year-old daughter. [6] Some weeks later her shoes were also found in this location. [27] Forensic expert Whittaker had previously given evidence at hundreds of trials across Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia. The 58-year-old had picked up a fare at 8.35. Someone brutally killed 49-year-old Sheila Farrow in Stockport town centre on 17 June. A horrific 22-page story detailed his life and the crimes he carried out. ),Murder ,Lan Ashcroft,James Junr,,1817 (Summer A. Her remains were found on 26th February in Templeton Woods. It was a scene of carnage very disturbing. Her murder was a year after the murder of Carol Lannen at the same place and together they were known as The Templeton Woods Murders. Elizabeth McCabe was a 20-year-old trainee nurse from Dundee, Scotland. 53-year-old Desmond Blain died after being pushed down a stairway on Saturday, 30 May. Dundee Murders - Gordon Dunbar Scottish Murders True Crime TRIGGER WARNING - This episode contains gruesome details that some listeners may find disturbing, so listener discretion is advised. She was last seen dropping off her friend in, Kenneth Challenger (a.k.a. She was crazy about my father, so crazy that she named me after him Henry John Reid. On 25 January 2010, the skeletal remains of a woman were discovered hidden under multiple pieces of carpet in. Barbara Pinder, a 76-year-old pensioner, was beaten, strangled and then stabbed 35 times in her flat at 24A Prince of Wales Mansions in Prince of Wales Drive, Battersea, at some point between 26 and 28 October 1984. However, such hypothesis was strongly disputed by his father. The tram, and the horse and cart, struggle to get through the crowds of workers. You can review your Bookmarks in the Saved area. A witness said the man who was kicking him was wearing working boots with steel-capped toes, and his bloody footprints were left on the path. Police thought it was likely that she had been murdered because a burglary had gone wrong. Witnesses saw a white man about 20 years old running from the scene. In 2007, a former taxi driver was arraigned for the crime, but he was found not guilty at the conclusion of the trial. A short while later, she died of a heroin overdose. At almost 8 pm on 20th March 1979 an 18 year old woman called Carol Lannen got into a red Ford Cortina. I never met my father but I would dream of him: he was my hero, my myth, my everything. going to the Marryat on a Saturday night was the highlight of the week. Place: Templeton Woods, Dundee. [8] The two witnesses reported that this was the taxi of Vincent Simpson, who ran a local taxi company in Newtyle near Dundee. Closing statements in Dundee murder trial THE CLOSING stages of a Dundee murder triaJ began at the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday with advocate depute Scott Brady inviting the jury to convict both Stewart Andrew Kidd and Jamie John Green. Akron Ohio. [4][6], The BBC described the McCabe case in 2007 as one of Scotland's most notorious unsolved murders. [31] At trial the detectives on the case denied there had been contamination, with retired Detective Inspector Ian Kennedy saying that police took every step to ensure this didn't happen. On the evening of 10 September 1984, 33-year-old British Rail steward Mark Yendell received fatal blows to the head in the car park near to Temple Meads station in Bristol. He was probably locking up the club building he was the steward of when he was attacked, and the men stole items from the fruit machines and also Anstey's expensive ring, wallet, keys and lighter were missing. Beard, age 18, Ritual Kidnap, Lover & # x27 s... 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