UK UK - Sandra Rivett, 29, Belgravia, London, 7 Nov 1974

[LaborDayRN]

Oh my, fascinating case, and one I'm not familiar with. Thanks for posting the info. Very interesting reading.

 

[wfgodot]

And on and on and on. Sunday Mail:

'There's no evidence my father was a murderer': Lucan's QC daughter breaks 39-year silence

 

[LadyL]

so a handful of the people closest to him all have a different story

~sigh~

he fled to Africa, he committed suicide, he fled to Scotland etc. etc.

 

[fran]

ITV's Lord Lucan drama criticised by victim's son

The son of the woman thought to have been murdered by Lord Lucan has accused ITV of "profiting" from her death by broadcasting a drama about the crime.

full article at link ............. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25154841

 

[Mrs G Norris]

If you go to the pub where Lord Lucan's wife fled that night for assistance you can still meet people who were either there or knew them at the time of the murder, I went with a friend when I was in London, once we expressed an interest a few old regulars piped up. I believe he fled somewhere comfortable and protected at first, then as people became less and less generous with him he lived more and more of a transient lifestyle. No reason not to think he was given enough income to get by for his lifetime though, many of his friend were and still are connected to members of the royal family and English aristocracy naturally, considering his own family background.

 

[Mrs G Norris]

 

[zwiebel]

I'm a bit shy about posting this article but as the thread's here.....

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/447275/Was-Lord-Lucan-killed-by-a-hitman

I think the drama/documentary airs this week in Britain? I can't watch, but if anybody does, I would LOVE to know how they reconcile the idea of a professional 'hitman' with what is surely one of the most botched murders in the history of London murders.

Personally, I doubt Lucan is alive now, with his lifestyle, but I think there is a very good chance he was for many years. He had the languages, the education, maybe a bit of money and the contacts to make a new life abroad. I always wondered if his name might crop up in a Russian file one day.....just a handful of the friends he had would have been enough to gain him entry, and they're very good at keeping secrets for ages and ages.

 

[zwiebel]

I know the favoured destination for him was South Africa, but as that was where everyone expected him to go, it's a very good reason not to go there, if you know what I mean.

I much prefer to think of him ending his days in the top flat of a crumbling, communist-era tower block in freezing Moscow, myself.

 

[Perodicticus potto]

Surely at least one of the many people claiming to know where he is should have a photograph of him post-1974?

 

[Deleted member 96356]

Sorry I can't tell you where Lord Lucan ended up, but... I highly recommend Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark, a fictionalized version of the Lucan case in which there are two men claiming to be Lucan. Not Sparks's best work, but an entertaining read for anyone who has followed the Lucan saga.

(Personally, I prefer to believe his friends financed him for a time and then he eventually died in "reduced circumstances".)

 

[wfgodot]

And again....

After 40 years, new stunning evidence Lord Lucan flew to freedom... from this private airfield: The most
minutely researched and brilliantly told account ever of November 1974 murder - with a killer conclusion

Daily Mail of course

 

[wfgodot]

[video=youtu;y0xmLhkLYCw]http://youtu.be/y0xmLhkLYCw[/video]

 

[wfgodot]

DM of course:

Lord Lucan's friend claims missing peer was driven to kill after dead kitten was posted through his letter box

⁍ George Weiss says Lucan had bought the cat for his children as a present
⁍ Friend says pet was sent to family home but later put through Lucan's door
⁍ He claims kitten's death pushed Lucan into attacking wife and killing nanny
⁍ 'He saw no way back,' said Mr Weiss, who saw Lucan day before the murder
⁍ Pair had played backgammon at Mayfair club, but Lucan appeared troubled
⁍ The next day nanny Sandra Rivett was killed and Lady Lucan attacked
⁍ Lucan vanished, prompting one of Scotland Yard's biggest ever manhunts

 

[wfgodot]

Mirror:

Son and heir of Lord Lucan launches a new High Court
bid for the missing peer to be declared ‘presumed dead’

 

[wfgodot]

West End Extra:

Writer to fight ‘Lord Lucan is dead’ court bid by earl’s son

 

[wfgodot]

Mail on Sunday:

Lord Lucan will be officially declared dead this week 41 years
after he disappeared following the brutal murder of his nanny

 

[wfgodot]

Express:

Lord Lucan returns: the enduring mystery continues

 

[wfgodot]

Telegraph, classic headline:

Lord 'Lucky' Lucan one step closer to being pronounced dead

 

[wfgodot]

DM:

You can't declare Lucan dead, says victim's family: the son of nanny who was 'murdered' by
peer makes objection over death certificate claim in bid to get 'justice' over mother's killing

 

[wfgodot]

DM:

Lucan's other victim - the nanny's secret son: Adopted as a baby, Neil
only learned eight years ago that his mother was Lord Lucan's murdered
nanny. Now he's hell-bent on finding the truth about the runaway peer