UK UK- Brian Price, 43, & Susan Tetrault, 36, found butchered in bed with an axe, poss. gangland attack, Clapham, London, July, 1986, *New initiative*.

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July 15 2025 rbbm.

All about Brian Price and Susan Tetrault: Couple axed to death in their bed

THE murders of Brian Price and Susan Tetrault in the summer of 1986 remain one of London’s most haunting unsolved crimes. Here we get to know the victims and their grisly fate, which is featured in…

www.thesun.co.uk

'The couple were understood to have been involved in drug smuggling in the years leading up to their killings.
Although it was never recovered, the murder weapon was believed to be an axe Susan kept in the flat for chopping wood.
The brutality of the murders led police to suspect a gangland-style execution''.
''A man named Dean Alexander was tried for the murders but acquitted after a two-week trial.
Alexander was a professional thief Brian met in jail, who admitted been in the flat on the night of the killings.''

''Scotland Yard said: “A suspect was arrested but acquitted in 1987...
“We welcome any new information that may further enquiries. All acquitted cases are periodically reviewed.”
Despite the passage of nearly four decades, the murders of Brian Price and Susan Tetrault remain unsolved.''

''Presented by Emilia Fox and criminologist Professor David Wilson, the show re-examines unsolved British murder cases using modern forensic science and investigative techniques.
In the Footsteps of Killers: The Murders of Brian Price and Susan Tetrault airs on Channel 4 at 10pm on Tuesday, 15 July.''
2024

Grisly 'gangland' axe murder of couple reviewed by police despite warning

The son of a couple found butchered in their flat in south London in 1986 is calling on the public to come forward with any information about the grisly murders after a trial ended without conviction

www.mirror.co.uk

''Brian Price, 43, and Susan Tetrault, 36, were found naked and butchered in bed after a suspected gangland attack. But police closed the case when a convicted armed robber was acquitted of their murders at the Old Bailey.''

''Now, Brian’s adopted son Ray wants it reopened and the Met Police have requested the forensics file. Ray said: “Brian was a proper father to me, I owe him everything – if it wasn’t for him I could have gone into care. I’m trying to repay that debt now by finding out who killed him.”

''Brian and Susan were killed in her first-floor flat in Clapham, South London, in July 1986 with an axe she kept to chop wood. Pillows had been put over their faces and they were so mutilated they had to be identified by fingerprints.''

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Well, that was quite an interesting episode.

Definitely links with the other double killing of drug dealers - who knew Susan.

You can watch again here.

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/in-the-footsteps-of-killers/on-demand/76436-006

 

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Who were Brian Price and Susan Tetrault, and what is known about the axe murder?

The couple were found dead in their London flat with horrific injuries

inews.co.uk

''On the evening of Sunday, 13 July 1986, Price and Tetrault were found dead in their flat
The couple, then aged 43 and 36 respectively, were discovered naked in bed and appeared to have been suffocated in their sleep with pillows.
Their heads had then been hacked with an axe that Tetrault kept to chop wood. The injuries were so horrific that they had to be identified by their fingerprints.
Police at the time described it as an “extremely vicious, unprovoked attack” in which there had been no sign of struggle.''