Smith's murder was linked to a number of other taxi murders in London and across the country, such as John Landa in 1982, Derek Brann on 6 November 1988 and Sarfraz Ahmed on 15 November 1988. Her decomposed body was found on 25 November 1983 in Barnham Woods on the Blenheim estate at. The story of the Tallman family - and the inexplicable occurrences that happened in their Horicon home - is one of the scariest and most well-known tales depicted on "Unsolved Mysteries." Dundee. [7] He protested that he did not have any convictions for violence or sexual crimes, but in an interview on 3 March 1980 he admitted to being a "peeping tom" who used binoculars to spy on courting couples in Templeton Woods. Dundee in the 19 th century was a rapidly industrializing town where population and crime rates soared, a police force was first appointed and a new jail was built. [14] In 2005 police arrested Vincent Simpson, the taxi driver who had been a suspect in the original investigation, at his home in Camberley, Surrey. 68-year-old Dale's corpse bore marks of a savage attack believed to have been inflicted some two days earlier. 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. The body of Simon Dale, a near-blind recluse and former architect, was found on Sunday 13 September at Heath House, an isolated 17th century mansion close to Herefordshire's border with Shropshire. Mark and Leslie died from smoke inhalation; three other children who were in the house managed to escape. Situated just 15 minutes' drive from Dundee city centre and just off the Coupar Angus Road (A923) before Birkhill. It had been dumped not far from Westhill at a place called Kintore. Later she appeared in chambers Man on murder charge BRIAN REILLY NELSON (32). His most recent credit listed on IMDB was playing Crocodile Dundee on "Reel . Also her property was dumped in another location 17 miles (27 km) away. The victim's body was discovered two days later by his father after he failed to turn up for work at the family's wastepaper business. Newspaper: Dundee Courier. [4] The defence also ridiculed the fact that the DNA analysis had cost "1m", and challenged Whittaker on this. 11-year-old Tracey Waters went missing on the evening of 14 February 1983 when she went to her local youth club. They were wanted for the investigation of a fatal road rage incident that ended in the parking lot of Casey's gas station and convenience store at 700 South 8th Street (Route 31) kitty-corner from the West Dundee Police Department headquarters at Route 31 and Willow Lane / Strom Drive. A woman visiting the widowed 94-year-old's semi-detached house to deliver groceries on 27 February found her dead in her living room with a knife sticking out of her chest. Six members of the Alday family were brutally murdered by a trio of prison escapees, on May 14, 1973. Police have suspected the killing to have been ritualistic in nature and to be linked to a feud with another family a feud said to have begun when Akhtar's parents lived in Pakistan in the 1950s. Another very tentative link is that the place where she was killed, Gypsy Bra, has a wooded area that runs very near to the south. Prison bosses have also confirmed Gallagher is not detained at facilities in Scotland or England, while there are no death records for the killer, who would now be 69. Elizabeth McCabe was a 20 year old nursery nurse. A horrific 22-page story detailed his life and the crimes he carried out. According to detectives, the murder bore all the hallmarks of a professional killing. Beverly Hills Buntz 1 9 8 7 - 1 9 8 8 (USA) This NBC show was a spin-off from the much-honoured Hill Street Blues.; Eddie Dodd 1 9 9 1 (USA) 6 x 60 minute episodes Eddie Dodd (Treat Williams) was a tough private practice defence attorney; Conceptions of Murder 1 9 7 0 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Playwright Clive Exton provided six stories based on sensational murder cases Your Help Is Welcome, 8th January 1990: The Murder Of William Howe, Worthing, UK, January 16, 2004 Orville Donovan Gordon. The police re-opened the case in August 2012. Updated: 8:45, 11 Mar 2021 COPS probing the alleged murders of mum Bennylyn Burke and her toddler daughter have removed a skip from a house they were searching. 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. Police thought it was likely that she had been murdered because a burglary had gone wrong. The intruder beat Sarah about the head and opened some drawers in her home but police were unable to establish if anything was stolen. Mr Simpson had been interviewed within five days of Ms McCabe going missing. They got nowhere. 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. She was last seen alive at 11.20. The men had been sharing the squat with her at the time of the blaze. Shirley was sentenced to life in 1988, but released in 2003 when DNA evidence proved he was not the killer. [6] Some weeks later her shoes were also found in this location. She was remitted to the Sheriff. That is terrible and it got worse. [40], In 2020, a senior investigator on the McCabe case told STV News that the murders of McCabe and Lannen could still be solved, although police said that there was no plan to re-investigate the case. [7][11] He also reportedly admitted to other "unpleasant and embarrassing" things in interviews. [6][17] New public appeals were also made, which led to two notable calls from the public regarding the concerning behaviour of an unknown taxi driver who operated in the area at the time in 1980. Her Olympus OM20 camera (serial number 1032853), as well as her bag, clothes and glasses, were stolen and have never been found. The pair's estate was worth 250,000. Her body was found under a hedge in Shanks Crescent about half a mile from her home; she had been beaten and strangled. Lord Dunpark makes legal history at the High Court in Glasgow by handing down Scotland's first "natural life" sentences to the pair. [27] Forensic expert Whittaker had previously given evidence at hundreds of trials across Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia. Her head injuries were awful yet she survived. More about him further down. [9] A pile of branches had been placed on top of her in an attempt to conceal the body. 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. 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. Travellers Dolphus Smith, 57, Sidney Hickling, 27, and Susan Ovens, also 27, were shot to death in their caravans along Ditchford Lane, a road on the outskirts of Rushden, on 24 November 1981. attempted murder and the possession of an offensive weapon. [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. Keith had last been seen at the Alma Tavern pub at lunchtime that day. [17] Investigators subsequently ruled out a link between the Templeton Woods murders and the five other cases initially linked, and also ruled out a link between the murders of Lannen and McCabe themselves. I told them both that I didnt want to hurt them, and the old man struck me again. She had been strangled with her own bra in the early hours of 25 May 1984. It comes after UK-wide hunt was launched for Bennylyn and Jellica after they were last seen in Bristol on February 17 then reported missing on March 1. A short while later, she died of a heroin overdose. The following day this lady was found dead in the woods. 44-year-old Ann Lee and 65-year-old Margaret Johnson were stabbed to death on Monday, 10 May while out walking their dogs on Aldershot Common. He had been attacked with a blunt instrument in a "vicious attack" and was found lying in a pool of blood. It has finally closed this case for me. At the High Court in. On 7 October 1985, the body of 66-year-old Alexander McClelland, also known as Sandy, was found in a car boot at the car park between Bethel Street and the, On the night of 30 September/1 October 1985, 62-year-old Violet Milsom was tied up, raped and strangled in her flat on Ashley Road in, PC Blakelock, 40, was defending firefighters as they tended to a burning supermarket during the, Restaurateur Philip Wong, 48, was hacked to death in central Glasgow by three men with machetes. 60-year-old Smith was throttled to death in his home on 23 September 1988. 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. Although he had links to convicted criminals Andrew Hall and James Ventham, his murder was not linked to either of them. [37] In 2013, Simpson, who had returned to living in Camberley and working as a window cleaner, spoke to the Daily Record, saying he did not fear the new investigation into the murder and saying "the cold case will go on and on. After the killings in Dundee, Gallagher took refuge in a church in Kent before bludgeoning an elderly monk and his housekeeper to death so badly that the room resembled an abattoir. The man admitted knowing her. The below image was compiled using a process called Photofit. She had two puncture wounds to the front of her neck and defence wounds on her hands, indicating she had fought with her attacker. My mother would tell me how he broke her arm, how hed given her black eye after black eye, how he gambled away the housekeeping, how he sold anything for the price of a drink or a bet.. Robert and Lee Goble managed to escape the fire with the help of alarmed neighbours; however, two children (their 4-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter) sleeping in a room on the first floor did not survive the attack. McCabe vanished after leaving the Teazer's club in Union Street (now the Bank Bar, seen in the first image). The 87-year-old's killer had assaulted her before setting fire to her bed. The perpetrator also ransacked the property and stole over 200 in cash. Lewis was a 66-year-old man kicked repeatedly after going to sleep on a park bench on 7 August 1987. A horrific 22-page story detailed his life and the crimes he carried out. Elizabeth McCabe was a 20-year-old trainee nurse from Dundee, Scotland. A man was allegedly seen by a witness carrying a crossbow in the street, described as 19 or 20 and 5ft 8. The killer dumped her naked body in Templeton Woods. She called the police and then went to help but Mr Landa died shortly after police arrived. Her body was discovered the next morning by her son and daughter-in-law. RETRO DUNDEE: DUNDEE SHOPPERS #1 - 1984 Tuesday, 15 June 2010 DUNDEE SHOPPERS #1 - 1984 You may be able to have a bit of fun playing "Where's Wally" over the next few days, trying to spot someone you recognise in the crowd, in the next batch of photos coming up from the 80's. Starting with the top one of the Cowgate, taken on 4th Feb 1984. 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. Ticker Tape by TradingView. [93], A motive for the arson has not been established. A motive behind the killing has never been clearly established. The other man was robbed of money as well as beaten but did not die. [81][82], In December 1985 George McPhee was convicted of the murder. Seven men were cleared of the murder of Dennis Radcliffe, a 23-year-old fatally stabbed in Campbell Road on Sunday, 25 August after he had been to a party. Esme Hoad was 85 and was killed in her Havelock Road house with a sharp instrument. In 2007, the verdict of his trial was ruled unsafe and Raymond was released after spending twenty years in prison. The man tried had been living with this previous boyfriend and when his house was searched was found to be in possession of a knife from Dimitri's flat, which could have been the murder weapon. Carol Lannen: Dundee unsolved murder hunt exploded to life again 40 years ago It was the gruesome discovery which brought the focus of an unsolved Dundee murder back to Aberdeenshire. 52-year-old Phillip Saunders was beaten with a spade in the garden of his home in Anstee Court, Canton, on the evening of 10 October 1987. Elizabeth McCabe had been on a night out with friends in Union Street in Dundee. I am not judging him I am just illustrating why, when the cops looked at the taxi angle, he became a prime suspect. 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. She was last seen leaving a Dundee night club. In the early hours of 17 November 1983, the 39-year-old West Indian minicab driver was stabbed multiple times with a commando knife, while on duty. Police have never been able to find a witness that saw her after she left the club. It is believed that is what she was doing that night. In 2004, both the Lannen and McCabe cases featured on the STV documentary series Unsolved, which focused on some of Scotland's most notorious unsolved murders. 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Eila was last seen alive on Sunday, 7 August 1983 in London. 1995 suicide in Brewster An unidentified adult male was discovered in a wooded area adjacent to the Garden St.. In 2007, a former taxi driver was arraigned for the crime, but he was found not guilty at the conclusion of the trial. It has been suggested that Pamela could have been a victim of serial killer Peter Tobin or, Dolphus Smith, Sidney Hickling and Susan Ovens. Her body was discovered in a. Sisters Alice and Edna Rowley ran a shop together for over fifty years in Greswolde Road, Anthony Gardner, 26, was shot and killed outside a Moss Side drug den on 9 January. Afterwards, police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the murder. He was described as being white, about 25, of slim build and with spiky brown hair. ),Murder,Lan Police released an e-fit of him in July 1988. Mone, who is serving a life sentence at Perth for murders in Dundee reported an incident which occurred around the time of the murders but would give no other details about the surprise new development. Speculation followed that the murder was over money he owed due to a gambling habit. She had been run over by a red car. Accounts estimate the distance between where her body lay and where Ms Lannen had been placed was not more than 150 yards (138 m). Murder petition FOUR YOUNG Dundee men appeared in private before Sheriff Green yesterday on a petition alleging .. Dundee murder trial draws to a conclusion, Closing statements in Dundee murder trial. Because nothing suggested that entry to Percy Francis' bungalow had been gained illegally, his killer had likely been welcomed into it by him. 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. 20-year-old Dimitri was stabbed twice in her neck and just above her left breast in her home on 14 August 1988. The attacker was said to have then found a piece of wood and then chased Byrne before beating him to death. Phyllis, who last visited the area five years ago, met with New York State Police and her own. Mother-of-two Marion Hodge, 33, was from the Scottish town of. The murder of Mulgeta Seraw is one of Portland's most notorious hate crimes. All Rights Reserved. 16-year-old Kevin Hicks disappeared after leaving his home in, Peter Thurgood, 47, and Lindsey Benstead, 49, were both from. It was the highest toll since 1995-96, when the 150 victims included the 16 primary school kids and their teacher killed in the Dunblane . Adam Rich rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s as a child playing the youngest Bradford family member, Nicholas. On Sunday 19 February 1984, 13-year-old Colin Maxwell left his home in Streatham and was never seen again. One hypothesis is that the attackers meant to target a different house, but set fire to the Gobles' instead by mistake. He also admitted being in the woods that night. I would appreciate an email if you do. He said: This has made me feel really good to know after all this time that we got it right. A woman whose ex-boyfriend was seeing Maw at the time was tried for the murder but the charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence. 24-year-old Rachel Applethwaite was found dead in Sumner Place the day after Marina Monti was in Shepherd's Bush, A murder hunt began on 30 January 1987 following the death the previous day of, Daniel Morgan was found dead with an axe wound to the head in the car park of the Golden Lion pub. Related Posts. The 58-year-old's body was found in Cotlands Road on 10 August after somebody had strangled him. I was violently sick. His godfathers were Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, and Simon Elliot, later brother-in-law of Charles, Prince of Wales. February 1977 - Mone and McCulloch admit murder. The 37-year-old mother of four was found beaten and strangled inside the sex shop she managed, which was locked up. She was murdered after a night out with her friend in February 1980, shortly before she turned 21. 53-year-old Desmond Blain died after being pushed down a stairway on Saturday, 30 May. 71-year-old Gertrude Gray had been stabbed but was still semi-conscious when she was discovered mortally wounded at her residence on 23 February 1980. Four murders that shook the metro and a high-profile murder trial will be featured on Friday's episode of Dateline NBC. woman appeared in private Flat 13. The 24-year-old was found stabbed in his kitchen by his brother. The Scottish Screen Archive collection has a clip of factory workers leaving Camperdown jute mill in Dundee, back in 1912. Semi-retired nurse Georgina Davies, 72, was known as Jean to her friends and neighbours. Williams was a 42-year-old married bisexual, and police could not rule out that the attack on him was motivated by homophobia. In this case it was dumped at three sites around Dundee. Dr. Anthony Garcia was motivated by revenge after being fired, say prosecutors. The police went all out looking for the the man and the red car. The boyfriend's house was then burned down but the charges against her for this were also dropped. "Fortean Traveller: Clapham Wood". [27] The chances of the DNA from the back of the jumper coming from anyone other than Simpson were 1 in 105,000. Aberdeen is a centre for the oil and gas industry. Shortly after his blood-splattered exploits in Dundee, he fled to Kent and committed yet another double-murder, this time targeting an elderly monk and his defenceless housekeeper, both of whom were battered so badly that the murder scene was described as resembling an "abattoir". The old woman carried on screeching and was pulling my hair, and I went crazy. It is believed Gallagher is still alive and remains in Broadmoor Hospital. Fred and Miriam Dunkley were battered to death with a hammer inside their home, which was then set on fire. Anthony Garcia was convicted in the . You can be guilty, innocent or not proven. [7] Simpson had a criminal record dating back to when he was a child and admitted having a heavy gambling addict, but when shown a picture of McCabe who police had been widely appealing for information on, he claimed he did not recognise her. It was believed he had invited the attacker into his home and a man of scruffy appearance was seen near his flat. The old woman pointed her finger in my face she was that close and screeched for the police. He was shot in the head and stomach (his pit bull terrier was left unharmed). Firefighters called to a blaze at a holiday cottage in. [101], Connie was last seen alive when she was returning home from a community centre on the evening of 27 February 1985. The killer was a Dundee man named Henry John Gallagher, and he wasn't done yet. Police discovered her body there after forcing entry to the property on 23 May a week after she was last seen alive. [2] On Sunday 10 February 1980 she left her home in Lyndhurst Avenue, Lochee for a night out with friends. Two weeks after Ms Lannens body was discovered more of her property was uncovered. [25] The defence had attempted to get the case against Simpson thrown out in the early stages, but were unsuccessful. Witnesses saw a white man about 20 years old running from the scene. Two men were incarcerated for the murders later in 1984, but their convictions were overturned in 2004. Akron Ohio. A possible motive for it was robbery (watches, jewellery and Connie's pension book were missing). The 62-year-old Italian banker and chairman of. The phone wires at the club had been ripped out and a witness saw two men at about 12:10am getting into a dark brown estate car, possibly a Mark 3 Ford Cortina. Dr Alexander Wood and his wife, Dorothy.. [3] Niven said that at the end of the night at around 12:30am the pair became separated as they were leaving, and she had expected to find McCabe at the entrance of the nightclub waiting for her but she was not. Police inquiries found that the killing had followed an argument he had been involved in at a public house. 28-year-old Keshmiri died after an arson attack on her home on 10 April 1982. The two never married, even though the man was my mothers one affair of the heart. The police believe he was robbed of his takings before being stabbed; most of the stab wounds were in the chest. However, the case was re-opened many years later and brought to the Appeal Court in 2003, when the jury overturned the conviction and McPhee was released. [4][18] Police therefore believe that the killer had a connection to this area. [6], Simpson's trial began in October 2007 in Edinburgh. Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. Bludgeoned to death after disturbing burglars at her cottage on 6 May 1988 (her 81st birthday). 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Trevor Wickens [2003] EWCA Crim 2196", "30 years on, police re-examine brutal unsolved canalside murder", "Who is the brutal bathtub murderer who killed Southport man? Once again clothing and property was not found with her body. [38][39], After the law on double jeopardy was changed in Scotland in 2011, allowing previously acquitted suspects to be re-tried if new evidence materialised, the McCabe case was subject to a new review. His son was charged with the murder despite being the one to have raised the alarm over it, but was acquitted after it was revealed that traces of blood found on his trousers blood matching his father's blood group could have got on them by his dog sniffing a pool of blood and then sneezing near them. 38-year-old Keith Burgess was found brutally murdered at his home on Duchess Road, Clifton, on 17 December 1989. The couple were shot dead in Terry's Mercedes three days before Christmas after leaving their flat in, This page was last edited on 7 January 2023, at 20:29. Roseangle, May 1980 A beautiful building stands on the corner of the intersection between Perth Road and Roseangle. His killer had strangled him and then beat him around the head. Ricardo Tutorial febrero 19, 2021. kroger board of directors salary dundee murders 1980s Hipervnculo condicional en una celda de Excel. Dundee woman charged with attempted murder Violet Francis (25), waitress, 28 Bernard Street, appeared before .. Man on murder charge BRIAN REILLY NELSON (32). He was believed to have been wearing a light grey jacket and looked scruffy. CONVICTED MURDERER Robert Mone yesterday began a civil action against the Scottish Secretary for compensation for losses he claims he suffered during the Perth Prison riot of October 1987. There was never a murder conviction for the heinous act, with Gallagher fleeing to England shortly after the crime. 1984 . The appearance of the 14- year-old and 12-year-old was in connection with the death of a man in a fire in Strathaven Terrace. [102][101], The investigation was re-opened in 2017, but without results. A 47-year-old man appeared before magistrates in 1994 to stand accused of her murder, but no conviction for it followed that hearing. "It was a tremendous game, pretty . 64-year-old Gormeley was reported missing in. 40-year-old taxi driver Smith was stabbed in a frenzied attack in his neck and chest while driving a passenger, causing him to crash into a wall. The brutal murder of Helen Fleet has left a lasting legacy in Weston-super-Mare. Ann was a 20-year-old woman whose body was found wrapped in carpet in a canal. The case was re-opened with advances in DNA profiling in 2004, and was briefly one of seven cases officially linked to serial killer Angus Sinclair as part of an inquiry named Operation Trinity, before Sinclair was conclusively eliminated from the cases. Gary Hutchings, 23, was shot dead on Saturday 4 June near his flat on Camden Walk. . [24], At the end of the trial, the judge told the jury that they must not convict Simpson on the basis of DNA evidence alone (Scottish law requires at least two separate sources of evidence for a conviction[34]). She was last seen dropping off her friend in, Kenneth Challenger (a.k.a. [12] In 2004 the Templeton Woods murders were the subject of an episode of the documentary series Unsolved, which investigated some of Scotland's most high-profile unsolved murders at that time. Kenny Roberts) and Richard Duddie. 35-year-old Heron was stabbed in the back while queueing for information at London Waterloo station on the evening of 9 December 1988. November 1976 - Mone and McCulloch break out of Carstairs and embark on killing spree. 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. [33] He added that contamination was also not necessarily a problem, if the source of the contamination was known. 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. [7][4] He drove a Ford Cortina taxi at that time. [23] However, the jury did not hear of these previous convictions as Scottish law prevents previous convictions being heard in court. The tram, and the horse and cart, struggle to get through the crowds of workers. Ms Lannens murder tied in to torn, bloodstained, clothing found in a layby 67 miles ( 108 km) north of Dundee. A former chief police officer has said apparent proof of a confession from Henry Gallagher gives him a great deal of satisfaction. . A number of sex workers were quizzed over his death. 42-year-old John Gaspa was shot in his flat in Julian Court, Camden Road and found dead in the property on 10 November. Includes several Topps Gold 1993 (Maddox, Smoltz, Juan Gonzalez), etc.) Teenage mother Carol's naked body suspect being William Henry ipper hange researching for a crime novel set in Dundee. Taxi driver George Murdoch was found fatally injured on Pitfodels Station Road on the evening of 29 September 1983. A man told police that he was behind the double murder and served nearly 17 years for it, but appeal judges quashed his conviction when they heard that certain factors namely having a "suggestible" personality, being a fantasist and having an alibi that rang true rendered his confession unreliable. When discovered she was naked and had been strangled to death. Dundee double murder house on the market 2015-09-15 - A HOUSE that was the scene of a horrific double murder in the 1980s has gone up for sale. Gallagher said: I was born in Dundee on April 3 1951 of a mother who was not meant to bear more children and a father who had long before disappeared. 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. His body was found by his window cleaner seventeen days later, slumped in his chair in his living room. US-born 33-year-old mother-of-two Shelley Morgan disappeared on 11 June 1984 while drawing and taking pictures of the Avon Gorge in Bristol. The cause of death is unknown, although it is believed the teenager was strangled. On 25 July 1982, 32-year-old Eileen Scally waved goodbye to her husband and daughters as they left the family home before going upstairs to her bedroom, where she was strangled whilst taking an afternoon nap. People continue to talk about the murder an apparently motiveless attack on a defenceless pensioner. [26] They had claimed he could not receive a fair trial due to the fact that some witnesses from the time had either died or could not be traced and because some documents and items were missing, whilst also saying that prosecuting him would "breach his human rights". [8] Suspiciously, the man appeared to be driving with his wrists, as if he had dirty hands and didn't want to touch the steering wheel. She could have jumped in a cab for a 15 minute journey. Erie Pennsylvania. An expert who examined the house afterwards concluded that three separate fires had been started there deliberately, merging into one as they spread. His skeletal remains were found on 14 June 1986 in a back garden on Polworth Road, Streatham. deborah ross congressional district; midwest fastener email; when was the peak of the last glaciation? TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX: DPM) ("DPM" or "the Company") announced preliminary production results from both of its mines in Bulgaria and the Tsumeb smelter in Namibia for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022. Their unemployed son was put on trial for their murders, with it being said that he had killed them after they had refused to lend him money and excluded him from their will in favour of his own son. One of her sons was the landlord of The Eastender, a pub on Sheerness High Street. A workmate said that she was heading out to meet a new boyfriend that night, and a man had been seen entering her flat. [23] At the time of his arrest in 2005 he was working as a part-time window cleaner in Camberley and had three children. The murder of Elizabeth McCabe was the infamous murder of a 20-year-old woman in Dundee, Scotland in February 1980. She was found dead 16 days later naked in the wood on 26 February 1980. Widower Ralph McIntosh, 71, was battered to death in his house on 25 or 26 January. On 25 January 2010, the skeletal remains of a woman were discovered hidden under multiple pieces of carpet in. I sat there on the floor in a daze for a long time, and eventually realised it was seven in the evening. The film follows three American tourists, one of whom is abducted outside a nightclub. They were found dead in their garage after a fire started at 6pm. In 1996, a man walked into a police station and confessed to the murder, but he was acquitted at trial after it was heard that there were discrepancies between his account and what actually happened and that he was suffering from depression at the time. Dr Alexander Wood was a very well-known and respected doctor within Dundee. 73-year-old widow Constance Aris, known for short as Connie, died from several axe blows to the head in her house at 32 Roman Road. PHOTOFIT OF THE MAN POLICE WERE SEEKING FOR THE MURDER OF DUNDEE GIRL CAROL LANNEN. The attack took place on 7 November, and Youens was aged 51. Items having been stolen from the shop at around the time the attack took place suggests theft was the motive for it. ", "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. Unfortunately, restrictions mean I can't display the image link here. He was half in and half out of the bathtub, and around his neck was a ligature. The case is one of Scotland's most notorious unsolved murders, and led to one of Scotland's largest manhunts. McCabe had disappeared after a night out at Teazer's Disco in Dundee city centre, and was found strangled to death two weeks later in Templeton Woods on the outskirts of . The murderer, who was probably known to her (since there was no sign of forced entry), struck unexpectedly as she was sitting in a chair and watching TV. Whether Michael Fahey had died there or somewhere else was indeterminable. Police concluded he was probably Scottish and was probably being shielded by people in Scotland. 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 . The 58-year-old had picked up a fare at 8.35. Her partially clothed body was found six miles from Buxton two days later close to High Edge Raceway at Axe Edge. However, such hypothesis was strongly disputed by his father. [6][22] McCabe's mother and other family members had attended the trial almost every day and were reported to have been distressed by the verdict, with Ally Reid of Tayside Police commenting: "Elizabeth's family are understandably disappointed at today's verdict they understand and support the reasons behind the re-investigation of Elizabeth's death, and appreciate the efforts of those involved in bringing the matter to court". Dr Woods was sitting in a chair and his wife was lying nearby. On 12 May 1986, 23-year-old mother Fiona Saunders was found battered to death with a hammer and a rolling pin in her home on Army married quarters at. McCabe had disappeared after a night out at Teazer's Disco in Dundee city centre, and was found strangled to death two weeks later in Templeton Woods on the outskirts of the city. His murder was featured on the BBC's, Although the inside of Derek Brann's taxi was soaked with blood when it was found in Sandgate (the area of. A chilling confession by killer Henry Gallagher has detailed the brutal murder of a well-respected doctor and his wife in Dundee 40 years ago. [6], Two witnesses reported seeing a Ford Cortina with a taxi sign on it emerge from a road which led to Templeton Woods on the night McCabe disappeared. He wrote: One weekend I broke into a house in Dundee. Elaine had died from compression to the neck. A SUSPECT appeared in court today charged with murdering missing mum Bennylyn Burke by bludgeoning her to death with a hammer. Lewis died on 28 April 1988 after slipping into a coma. He said: I had seen a lot as a senior police officer but this scene stays in my mind. [1] They went to several pubs but eventually ended up at Teazer's Disco in Union Street, Dundee. She was last seen going into her home on Mildred Street, Higher Broughton, Salford, by a neighbour at around 6, Suzy Lamplugh was a British estate agent reported missing on 28 July 1986 (aged 25) in. Molly's lifestyle was described as 'eccentric': she had lived alone with 15 cats in just a few rooms of the dilapidated house on Boundary Road. The cause of death was under . [16] Detectives denied at trial that they had ignored other possible suspects, saying that "the investigation was led by the evidence" and "there comes a time when the evidence points to an individual, not police bias". 46-year-old James Adams received 22 knife wounds in public toilets in, Eight-year-old Vishal Mehrotra was last seen by his family on 29 July 1981 on a crowded street near his home in, 36-year-old Carol Morgan, a mother of two, was attacked at the shop she ran with her husband in, A woman's naked and decomposed body was found dumped in bushes next to a country road near. Kenneth Challenger and Richard Duddie died in a fire at the house they and other vagrants were using as a squat. The Templeton Woods Unsolved Murders. Fortunately passers by came to Linda McDonalds aid. * We take your privacy seriously. There were 695 victims of homicide in the year ending March 2020, 47 . I have no idea how long it went on, but finally I came to, and they were lying on the floor covered in blood, their eyes staring into nowhere, not moving.. Gallaghers story said he broke into the house through the basement window before bludgeoning them to death with a slaters hammer. I got up, took some money and jewellery, and left. [28] Together, the combined odds of the DNA coming from someone other than Simpson were 1 in 40 million (Scotland had a population of around 5 million in 1980), and Dr Jonathan Whittaker who conducted the DNA tests testified under oath: "In my opinion, these DNA profile results provide extremely strong support for the assertion that the DNA recovered from the hair and blue jumper has originated from Vincent Simpson". The understandable theory was that after leaving the nightclub the lady had got into a cab. In August 2017 a woman was walking her hound in those woods when she was attacked by a man wielding a dumbbell. 20-year-old Elaine Wakefield was last seen after she left the home which she shared with her police officer boyfriend in Buxton on 25 February. A dog walker found his body on a path next to Highgate Wood early the following morning, and possessions he had on him on the night of 26 August (including his watch and wallet) were now missing, it was soon discovered. [27] The chances of the DNA found on the right hand side of the jumper's neck coming from someone other than Simpson were estimated at 1 in 320,000. [6][17] However, investigators in California later dismissed the theory. Three men were tried for and found guilty of her murder, but attempts to get the convictions against them quashed met with success. The 55-year-old was the landlord of many bedsits in the Aldershot area, and it was thought that an embittered ex-tenant evicted by him for falling behind with rent payment may have had something to do with him being fatally attacked as he returned to his house at nighttime. Synopsis. [50], Alun Kyte, the killer of two other sex workers, was suspected of Yvonne's murder; however, no charges were filed against him in this case. 96 Balunie Avenue: Stewart Anderson Kidd (18), 57 Ballindean Road: Craig George Stuart (18). The location the property was found is close to the Scottish city of Aberdeen in a spot called Westhill. 59-year-old Tervina Cameron was found dead after a house fire in Addy Street, Sheffield, on 8 July 1982. Maw had been planning to move in with the boyfriend before the murder; her briefcase had also been stolen from outside her house a few weeks beforehand. In the afternoon of 24 September 1984, 36-year-old Elizabeth Sutherland, a mother of two, was stabbed to death in her own house in Culbokie, apparently after she disturbed burglars. [11], Despite a large and widely publicised manhunt for the killer, police failed to charge anyone with the murder of McCabe and late into 1980 the investigation was wound down, but left open. The. [6], Only 11 months prior to the discovery of McCabe's body in Templeton Woods, another woman had been found dead only 150 yards away in the same forest. Drury was found dead on her driveway on Christmas Eve 1985, laying facedown with no indications of assault. It was produced in 1994 by Granta publications as part of Blind Rage, a book of gruesome real life stories, with the publishers revealing it had been written by Gallagher in Broadmoor Hospital in London. Buy Dundee Final Football Scottish Fixture Programmes (1980s) and get the best deals at the lowest prices on eBay! He was attacked by at least two unidentified men. John Greenwood and Gary Miller were both eleven years old when they were found beaten and hidden in a disused quarry in Whiston. [27] On the DNA from the jumper's neck, Whittaker said: "This result is of particular significance since the DNA profile result is what I would expect to find if Vincent Simpson had grabbed the jumper in the area of the neck, thus transferring his DNA to this area". [6] The murder led to fears that there was a serial killer at large in the city at the time, and the two cases became known as the "Templeton Woods murders". I hope he never gets out. Very little evidence of theft from the building and nothing suggestive of a break-in there would be found. This was only 11 months after another woman, 18-year-old prostitute Carol Lannen, had been found dead only 150 yards away in the same woods, leading to the killings being labelled the Templeton Woods murders in the press and causing many to fear that there was a serial killer was at large in the city at the time, although police have not linked the murders. The Haunting of the Tallman Family. It is opposite what is now the Trades House Bar (second image). Lee Boxell was last seen on the High Street in. . Great Savings & Free Delivery / Collection on many items Dundee Final Football Scottish Fixture Programmes (1980s) for sale | eBay Killed in a street attack when he was 41 by a person who also stole items from his pockets. James was disappointed that his brother Gordon didn't turn up to spend Christmas Day with his family, but there was a very good reason for his absence. The dumpster was loaded on to the. 28-year-old Jones was found dead in her flat on 16 January 1988. The Evening Telegraph . The only significant evidence against him was a claim that he had confessed to the murder in a pub. The murder is now officially unsolved, then, although the police have decided not to hunt the killer anymore. [27] Swabs taken from three different parts of the jumper all matched the DNA profile of Simpson. West Dundee police released photos of the three suspects on Saturday, July 31, 2021. [111][112], The investigation coincidentally revealed a fraud committed by the Baroness against her late aunt, Lady Illingworth. The 33-year-old was fatally injured on Saturday, 19 September during an altercation in High Town Road in which he was knocked to the ground. 41x27". They issued the Photofit, they went looking for witnesses and registered keepers of such vehicles. She also reported seeing a man searching the taxi's dashboard. Having reported on many of them first-hand, journalist Alexander McGregor has unique insight into the cases and his stories are as chilling as they are compelling. The woman had allegedly been making anonymous phone calls to Maw before the murder and confessed to having followed Maw around. We confirm that the owner/principal is not listed on the official state Sex Offender web site in the state in which the owner/principal of the company is located. He had first been interviewed by police in relation with the murder in March 1980. By. That is a distance of only five miles (eight kilometres) away from where she was last seen. Another hypothesis was that the perpetrators were looking for something important to them (the flat was searched thoroughly. Pages in category "1980 murders in the United Kingdom" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. 17-year-old Slade was found beaten to death with a blunt instrument. Murders and culpable homicides for 2004-05 totalled 137 - up 29 on the prevous year. Harry Ashcroft,,,1817-08-Sept,Murder Of Father & Sons,Lancaster Ashcroft,David,,1817 (Summer A. In 2007 a man called Vincent Simpson walked free from court. [27] A hair found on the black plastic sheeting used to transfer McCabe's body to the mortuary in 1980 was also found to match Simpson's DNA, with the test indicating the chances of it not belonging to him were 1 in 1,300. 1980 Yaz, Yount, Reggie Jackson. [26] Simpson also faced two other charges of breach of the peace, on the grounds that he had approached women in Dundee at around the same time as the murder and caused them distress and alarm. A theoretical motive behind the killing had to do with the victim's sideline dealings with second-hand cars. A jury took over seven hours to find a 13-year-old girl not guilty of killing 13-year-old Carol Baldwin in a park. Every time I thought about the old couple I saw their eyes staring into nowhere, not moving, and I had to rush to the toilet to be sick. He had been out drinking before he fell asleep on the bench. The 24-year-old barmaid was raped and beaten to death in a school playground on 9 December. Nigel Bostock was found dead five days before Christmas in the semi-detached bungalow he lived in by himself. [22], The BBC reported after that the trial that "There now seems little hope of closure for the McCabe family, or for Templeton Woods to shed its association with unsolved murder. The two Dundee death: boys on murder charge TWO SCHOOLBOYS appeared in private at Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday accused of murder. Jack Christian, 74, was battered to death on 89 June at his home. A man who had been one of a group of builders who had worked on his house a few days before his murder was tried but acquitted when the judge determined that there was insufficient evidence against him. He was about 5ft 9in and had brown hair. I must have been there for two hours, just sitting. This article originally appeared on the Evening Telegraph website. [31] The doorman responded to Simpson by saying that he could not do so as did not know him and could not remember seeing him. Eleven people were arrested but no one was charged over his murder. The homeless 33-year-old was beaten to death with a blunt instrument and his body was then left at the corner of Ashley Road and Picton Street. Her boyfriend said he entered the house and saw a tall, black man standing near her body with a knife before fleeing. DUNDEE - Casey Brown scored 7 of his 10 points in overtime to help Erie Mason's boys basketball team outlast Dundee 66-63 in double overtime Tuesday night. Id Dronley Avenue. [1] It was believed that McCabe had attempted to get home by taking a taxi, since at that time of night she would not have been able to get to her home in Lochee by any other means. Dr Alexander Wood was a very well-known and respected doctor within Dundee. Murder petition FOUR YOUNG Dundee men appeared in private before Sheriff Green yesterday on a petition alleging murder. The investigation was complicated because Ms Lannen would occasionally work as a sex worker. [5][4] However, investigators at the time were said to be keeping an open mind on whether the same person killed both women. 45-year-old Peter Smith was stabbed on 11 April near public toilets in central Glasgow. 37-year-old Rosemary Allen, also spelled Rose Marie Allen, was found stabbed to death outside her husband's flat in Parkway, 23-year-old Michael Galvin was stabbed at his stall at the, Peter Morris and another man were attacked with an axe at The Telegraph public house in Church Street on 30 August, but only Peter died. Harry had been bludgeoned with a heavy weapon and police believed he died on the night he was last seen. Robbie McIntosh was out on parole. 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