Brutal murder of Hounslow girl Patsy Morris remains a mystery almost 40 years on
9 May 2019
Patsy Morris was just 14-years-old when her body was discovered on Hounslow Heath in 1980.
Her mysterious death has been the subject of speculation since the teenager first vanished from Feltham Comprehensive School during a lunch break nearly four decades ago.
Feltham officers spent two days searching alongside her family and volunteers from the community before a police dog handler uncovered her fully-clothed corpse, on June 18, on the Heath.
A post-mortem revealed Patsy, of Cygnet Avenue, had been strangled with a ligature but her body showed no signs of sexual assault or other injuries.
Almost 40 years since the devastating incident which shook the local community, nobody has been convicted for her brutal murder - and the case remains unsolved.
Sadly, both of her parents passed away without finding out what happened to their little girl.
Her death has been linked to some of the UK's most appalling and notorious serial killers as further information about their modus operandi has come to light over the years: including the likes of Levi Bellfield and Peter Tobin.
But police have explored multiple lines of enquiry to no avail, and her name has gradually disappeared from headlines.
The Metropolitan Police told MyLondon that the investigation is no longer active, but should new information come to light the investigation would be revived.
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Evil murderer Levi Bellfield is alleged to have boasted about taking the life of Patsy Morris when he was aged just 12.
In 2008, Scotland Yard sources disclosed they were investigating an alleged confession Bellfield made to an associate - but no charges ever followed.
Bellfield went to the same comprehensive school as Patsy Morris, and the pair were only two years apart in age.
Members of the community told the family they even dated for a short time.
In an interview in 2008, Patsy's sister Nicola Morris said: "We did not know him. It was a shock when we found out they knew each other. Friends told us about it. It is horrendous.
"The crimes he has committed and the pain and suffering he has put on other families - we understand what they have gone through. People say it heals over time but it never does."
George Morris, Patsy's father, spoke out about his fears that Bellfield could have been responsible for the killing.
He revealed that after his daughter's murder he received a death threat from a teenage boy over the phone - which retrospectively led him to wonder whether it could have been Bellfield.
According to local media , police discovered that Bellfield joined the school after Patsy's death and was actually enrolled at The Rectory, in Hampton, at the time of her murder.
In 2009, police reviewed a string of other cases that could be linked to monstrous murderer Peter Tobin after finding the remains of two teenage girls at Tobin's former home in Margate, Kent.
Patsy's case was among those to be linked to Tobin, and was reviewed as part of Operation Anagram.
Tobin was known to target young women, and was linked to a series of other cases across the UK.
Patsy's father George Morris said that something inside him "clicked" after hearing about the bodies of the teenagers found in Kent.
But after not hearing from police, he gave up thinking this could lead to Patsy's case at last being solved.
He said: "In a way it would have been quite a relief if it had been him - to know they'd actually finally got the person. But we haven't heard anything from them so I guess they don't think Patsy's case is related."
9 May 2019
Patsy Morris was just 14-years-old when her body was discovered on Hounslow Heath in 1980.
Her mysterious death has been the subject of speculation since the teenager first vanished from Feltham Comprehensive School during a lunch break nearly four decades ago.
Feltham officers spent two days searching alongside her family and volunteers from the community before a police dog handler uncovered her fully-clothed corpse, on June 18, on the Heath.
A post-mortem revealed Patsy, of Cygnet Avenue, had been strangled with a ligature but her body showed no signs of sexual assault or other injuries.
Almost 40 years since the devastating incident which shook the local community, nobody has been convicted for her brutal murder - and the case remains unsolved.
Sadly, both of her parents passed away without finding out what happened to their little girl.
Her death has been linked to some of the UK's most appalling and notorious serial killers as further information about their modus operandi has come to light over the years: including the likes of Levi Bellfield and Peter Tobin.
But police have explored multiple lines of enquiry to no avail, and her name has gradually disappeared from headlines.
The Metropolitan Police told MyLondon that the investigation is no longer active, but should new information come to light the investigation would be revived.
...
Evil murderer Levi Bellfield is alleged to have boasted about taking the life of Patsy Morris when he was aged just 12.
In 2008, Scotland Yard sources disclosed they were investigating an alleged confession Bellfield made to an associate - but no charges ever followed.
Bellfield went to the same comprehensive school as Patsy Morris, and the pair were only two years apart in age.
Members of the community told the family they even dated for a short time.
In an interview in 2008, Patsy's sister Nicola Morris said: "We did not know him. It was a shock when we found out they knew each other. Friends told us about it. It is horrendous.
"The crimes he has committed and the pain and suffering he has put on other families - we understand what they have gone through. People say it heals over time but it never does."
George Morris, Patsy's father, spoke out about his fears that Bellfield could have been responsible for the killing.
He revealed that after his daughter's murder he received a death threat from a teenage boy over the phone - which retrospectively led him to wonder whether it could have been Bellfield.
According to local media , police discovered that Bellfield joined the school after Patsy's death and was actually enrolled at The Rectory, in Hampton, at the time of her murder.
In 2009, police reviewed a string of other cases that could be linked to monstrous murderer Peter Tobin after finding the remains of two teenage girls at Tobin's former home in Margate, Kent.
Patsy's case was among those to be linked to Tobin, and was reviewed as part of Operation Anagram.
Tobin was known to target young women, and was linked to a series of other cases across the UK.
Patsy's father George Morris said that something inside him "clicked" after hearing about the bodies of the teenagers found in Kent.
But after not hearing from police, he gave up thinking this could lead to Patsy's case at last being solved.
He said: "In a way it would have been quite a relief if it had been him - to know they'd actually finally got the person. But we haven't heard anything from them so I guess they don't think Patsy's case is related."
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