Hi, it's been a while, just trying to remind myself of some of these cases and I noticed that the map giving the locations, names and photos of Eve, Lynda and Lynne, has the wrong year of death for Eve, it says 18 March 1979 next to her name, but it was 1974. I thought it may be good to point that out incase it fools someone.2021 rbbm
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From the murder of a TV star to a banker gunned down at his front door while his children slept upstairs, some of Britain's most horrific murders have remained unsolved for decades.www.dailymail.co.uk
''Eve Stratford was found with her throat slashed on the evening of March 18, 1975 by her boyfriend Tony Priest, the lead singer with the pop band Onyx
Eve Stratford was a 22-year-old glamour model working at the Playboy Club in London's Park Lane when she she was found with her throat slashed.
She was last seen walking alone near her home in Lyndhurst Drive, Leyton, shortly before 4pm on a snowy day on March 18, 1975.
The bunny girl, though, was later found dead by her boyfriend Tony Priest, the lead singer of pop band Onyx, in the bedroom of her home at around 5.30pm.
She was raped before being slashed between eight and 12 times in a bloody and gruesome killing.
Ms Stratford was found with a nylon stocking tied around one ankle and a scarf binding her hands behind her back.
A blood-splattered bouquet of flowers she had bought earlier that day lay next to her body.
However, no one has ever been charged in connection with her death. ''
''Six months after Eve's death, 16-year-old Lynne Weedon was brutally attacked and raped in an alleyway near her home in Hounslow, west London.
She died after being found barely alive at an electricity sub station the next day.
Former Met Police detective Colin Sutton believes a third woman, Lynda Farrow - who was knifed to death in her home four years later in 1979 - was also a victim of the same killer.
Eve and Lynne's murders were linked in 2007 after matching DNA was discovered on the victims, who did not know each other. ''
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'Eve Stratford, aged just 22 and a model who worked at London’s Playboy Club, was found dead in east London on March 18, 1975, with her throat cut.'
'Shortly after the internment, not only was Eve’s gravestone in Padgate broken in two, but it was also desecrated.'
''Her family were advised at the time not to replace the stone for the fear of repeated vandalism.
Fellow Brit brats became aware of the vandalised headstone in November, after Eve’s story was shared on national TV in ITV’s The Playboy Bunny Murder.''
Memorial held and gravestone repaired after murder of woman almost 50 years ago
A MEMORIAL service has been held in Warrington in tribute to a woman murdered almost 50 years ago.
'Shortly after the internment, not only was Eve’s gravestone in Padgate broken in two, but it was also desecrated.'
''Her family were advised at the time not to replace the stone for the fear of repeated vandalism.
Fellow Brit brats became aware of the vandalised headstone in November, after Eve’s story was shared on national TV in ITV’s The Playboy Bunny Murder.''
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Oops 1975 not 1974, no idea why I wrote that.
Yes, I checked as in many of these unsolved cases, people have suspected Sutcliffe and authors have attempted to place him at the scene of the crime. Sutcliffe did come to London, to visit his wife when she was a student (?) And I think to a wedding. Possibly delivery runs? Anyway it's well known to those who have studied him about his trips to London. However I checked and yes,the police have said that Sutcliffe's DNA is on the national database. Therefore the unsolved cases where DNA exists would have been checked against him.
I think we still need to mention him, if only to state if he is ruled out because DNA exists, since so many people have written books and articles about Sutcliffe, trying to link these unsolved cases, people still try to link him even here.
Also if people are linking them to Sutcliffe, as having something in common, we aren't going out on a limb by looking at the fact some may have been killed by the same killer. Just unlikely to be Sutcliffe.
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Coincidentally, a new article today!
7 hours ago by Anna O'Neill
www.bbc.com
Lynne Weedon, 16, was found to have the same man's DNA on her as Eve Stratford
''Singer - and former Playboy bunny - Sheen Doran, now 75, was one of Miss Stratford's closest friends.
She used to stay overnight at the Leyton flat with the model.
"Her boyfriend was a singer and we used to go the Royal Standard in Walthamstow to support him."
''In March 1975 Miss Stratford had been Girl of the Month on the front cover of Mayfair magazine, an adult magazine for men.
''Police later concluded that the magazine cover had likely enticed her killer.''
''The Metropolitan Police confirmed to the BBC that Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon's murder are still live investigations.
Det Ch Insp Ali Foxwell, of the Specialist Crime Command, is leading the investigation.''
7 hours ago by Anna O'Neill
Murders of Playboy bunny and schoolgirl unsolved 50 years later
Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon were killed six months apart in 1975 but their killer is unknown.
www.bbc.com
Lynne Weedon, 16, was found to have the same man's DNA on her as Eve Stratford
''Singer - and former Playboy bunny - Sheen Doran, now 75, was one of Miss Stratford's closest friends.
She used to stay overnight at the Leyton flat with the model.
"Her boyfriend was a singer and we used to go the Royal Standard in Walthamstow to support him."
''In March 1975 Miss Stratford had been Girl of the Month on the front cover of Mayfair magazine, an adult magazine for men.
''Police later concluded that the magazine cover had likely enticed her killer.''
''The Metropolitan Police confirmed to the BBC that Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon's murder are still live investigations.
Det Ch Insp Ali Foxwell, of the Specialist Crime Command, is leading the investigation.''
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I wonder if investigation discovery would cover this case on their playboy murders show.
They've covered an unsolved case on there before
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They've covered an unsolved case on there before
The Playboy Murders and Holly Madison Look Back on Decades-Old Cold Case Involving Ex-Playmate's Boyfriend
The first episode of the new season of "The Playboy Murders" delves into a murder of the boyfriend of former Hugh Hefner girlfriend and Playmate Sandy Bentley.
That's possibly one of the most detailed pieces I think I have seen written.Coincidentally, a new article today!
7 hours ago by Anna O'Neill
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Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon were killed six months apart in 1975 but their killer is unknown.
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Lynne Weedon, 16, was found to have the same man's DNA on her as Eve Stratford
''Singer - and former Playboy bunny - Sheen Doran, now 75, was one of Miss Stratford's closest friends.
She used to stay overnight at the Leyton flat with the model.
"Her boyfriend was a singer and we used to go the Royal Standard in Walthamstow to support him."
''In March 1975 Miss Stratford had been Girl of the Month on the front cover of Mayfair magazine, an adult magazine for men.
''Police later concluded that the magazine cover had likely enticed her killer.''
''The Metropolitan Police confirmed to the BBC that Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon's murder are still live investigations.
Det Ch Insp Ali Foxwell, of the Specialist Crime Command, is leading the investigation.''
I also love that they have mentioned her friends want this solved in the first paragraph. Unfortunately Eve and Lynne's family have all died and I have seen how important it is that the families of victims drive cases to be reinvestigated, not forgotten. Police often state they need to solve things for the families of those killed, but does that mean they don't care so much if all family members died? That's why friends are important, they can stand in for family.
Also we often see cases where people are made an example of, to help prevent people doing the same thing, well how do unsolved murders discourage murder?
I see they have used photos in that piece that I have never seen used elsewhere.
The Royal Standard in Walthamstow, mentioned in the piece was a very well known pub and music venue which was sadly demolished in recent years to build flats as the council were redeveloping the area. Some famous people played there.
From reading the piece linked, I don't think they would have looked outside America as the person mentioned was linked to the Playboy Mansion and Hugh Hefner it seems.I wonder if investigation discovery would cover this case on their playboy murders show.
They've covered an unsolved case on there before
The Playboy Murders and Holly Madison Look Back on Decades-Old Cold Case Involving Ex-Playmate's Boyfriend
The first episode of the new season of "The Playboy Murders" delves into a murder of the boyfriend of former Hugh Hefner girlfriend and Playmate Sandy Bentley.
Station is Leytonstone Station (Bearman's was a department store in Leytonstone, advert on wall behind)Coincidentally, a new article today!
7 hours ago by Anna O'Neill
View attachment 571834Murders of Playboy bunny and schoolgirl unsolved 50 years later
Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon were killed six months apart in 1975 but their killer is unknown.
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Lynne Weedon, 16, was found to have the same man's DNA on her as Eve Stratford
''Singer - and former Playboy bunny - Sheen Doran, now 75, was one of Miss Stratford's closest friends.
She used to stay overnight at the Leyton flat with the model.
"Her boyfriend was a singer and we used to go the Royal Standard in Walthamstow to support him."
''In March 1975 Miss Stratford had been Girl of the Month on the front cover of Mayfair magazine, an adult magazine for men.
''Police later concluded that the magazine cover had likely enticed her killer.''
''The Metropolitan Police confirmed to the BBC that Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon's murder are still live investigations.
Det Ch Insp Ali Foxwell, of the Specialist Crime Command, is leading the investigation.''
Reenactment copies the clothes Eve wore that day including dried flowers.
The house Eve lived in (Upstairs flat), is the end house behind the group of people, as it was then. corner house, 61 Lyndhurst Drive
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That is a photo of Linda Farrow not Eve Stratford: Lynne Weedon
Appeal after linked murders of teenager and bunny girl
Detectives investigating the linked murders of a teenager and a bunny girl are appealing for information to catch the killer on the 40th anniversary of one of the attacks.www.standard.co.uk
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Eve Stratford, 21, murdered in London 1975
That is Linda Farrow who was murdered in nearby Woodford, not of Eve Stratford
Eve Stratford, 21, murdered in London 1975
Sorry Dotr, I am not sure why, but that's wrongly labelled, that's Linda Farrow not Eve Stratford.: Lynne WeedonAppeal after linked murders of teenager and bunny girl
Detectives investigating the linked murders of a teenager and a bunny girl are appealing for information to catch the killer on the 40th anniversary of one of the attacks.
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Correct! It was supposed to be Lynne Weedon, 16, not Linda Farrow. The reason i posted or rather intended to post, the pic of Linda W with Eve S., is to try and see any physical resemblance between the two females, not sure why the news link mixed them up. Thanks for keeping eyes open.
22-year-old Eve Stratford in Leyton and 16-year-old Lynne Weedon
Police renew appeal over two 1975 London murders
DNA tests link killings of 22-year-old Eve Stratford in Leyton and 16-year-old Lynne Weedon in Hounslow but cases remain unsolved
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Jeff Edwards 5 Mar 2012
www.mirror.co.uk
''Police probing the murder of a bunny girl 32 years ago have uncovered DNA that could link the killer to three other deaths.
Eve Stratford, 22, was found with her throat cut at her East London home in March 1975 after finishing work at the Playboy club in Mayfair.
Six months later, 16-year-old Lynne Weedon was battered and raped in Hounslow...
Jeff Edwards 5 Mar 2012
DNA link to bunny girl death
Police probing the murder of a bunny girl 32 years ago have uncovered DNA that could link the killer to three other deaths.
www.mirror.co.uk
Eve Stratford, 22, was found with her throat cut at her East London home in March 1975 after finishing work at the Playboy club in Mayfair.
Six months later, 16-year-old Lynne Weedon was battered and raped in Hounslow...
Oh no, I was writing a detailed response and it all vanished.Correct! It was supposed to be Lynne Weedon, 16, not Linda Farrow. The reason i posted or rather intended to post, the pic of Linda W with Eve S., is to try and see any physical resemblance between the two females, not sure why the news link mixed them up. Thanks for keeping eyes open.
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22-year-old Eve Stratford in Leyton and 16-year-old Lynne Weedon
Police renew appeal over two 1975 London murders
DNA tests link killings of 22-year-old Eve Stratford in Leyton and 16-year-old Lynne Weedon in Hounslow but cases remain unsolvedwww.theguardian.com
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Jeff Edwards 5 Mar 2012
''Police probing the murder of a bunny girl 32 years ago have uncovered DNA that could link the killer to three other deaths.DNA link to bunny girl death
Police probing the murder of a bunny girl 32 years ago have uncovered DNA that could link the killer to three other deaths.
Eve Stratford, 22, was found with her throat cut at her East London home in March 1975 after finishing work at the Playboy club in Mayfair.
Six months later, 16-year-old Lynne Weedon was battered and raped in Hounslow...
I was saying that the Linda photo is labelled as Eve Stratford not Lynne, so that's odd.
I have considered the same thing about appearance. If anything Eve has more similarities to Linda, in life and how she was killed, so it's not surprising they are often linked.
The press and even the father of Lynne Weedon at he time made a thing of the difference, a teenage student, just finishing school and set to go to college in West London and a glamorous, platinum haired Playboy bunnygirl from East London.
But similarities, Eve was still quite young, 21 if I recall correctly. They're both quite pale caucasians with quite Germanic faces. (Understandeable with Eve as she was half German).
Why has nobody thought to look for Lynne's friends? To ask them about her? Not only because it's often criticised in murder cases that the victims lose their identity as a person, nobody learns what they were like, to humanize them instead if just seen as a victim. While murderers are often so researched back to their childhood.
Humanising is good, us as people people need to identify with them.
That it could have been us, our sister, mother, friend....
It shouldn't have to be just shock tactics to keep public interest going so the case isn't forgotten.
Lynne's friends were practically kids at the time and probably wouldn't have considered approaching the media to speak up for their friend.
Humanising is good, us as people people need to identify with them.
That it could have been us, our sister, mother, friend....
It shouldn't have to be just shock tactics to keep public interest going so the case isn't forgotten.
Lynne's friends were practically kids at the time and probably wouldn't have considered approaching the media to speak up for their friend.
I can't find it right now, but someone queried the grotesquely posed body of Eve Stratford.
I remember posting material here on the fact both Eve and Lynne's bodies were arranged/posed before death.
Each had an item of clothing, underwear(?) shoved down the back of their throat. Each were placed in a provocative pose. The main difference is the perp had more control with Eve as she was at home and he could choose how she was dressed. As the perp arrived almost immediately on her arrival home, he must have got her to change clothing, the description of the scant outfit doesn't seem like something she would have worn under her clothes.
Lynne's upper clothing was pulled up above her breasts and she was naked on the lower half.
In all the cases mentioned in regards to Lynne, Eve and those we or others have linked to them, all these women were returning home and either caught outside or just after returning home.
Those caught before returning home, lived with other people who were home at the time of their attacks. Those who were killed at home, lived with people who were not home at the time they were attacked.
Were they followed home by someone randomly or someone who had been stalking them?
Everyone seemed to be wearing denim jeans/trousers when out.
Everyone seems to have had their footwear removed.
The strongest link to the murder of Eve and Lynne is Elizabeth Parravincina, spellings have varied in news articles etc. Her attack appears to have been bungled and was close to where Lynne was attacked. All attacks appear to have been sexually motivated, no robbery.
Descriptions of men in the area at the time when available with Elizabeth and Eve, have often been of a stocky male, with a possibly odd penguin walk, wide face, possibly broken nose. Dark hair.
I remember posting material here on the fact both Eve and Lynne's bodies were arranged/posed before death.
Each had an item of clothing, underwear(?) shoved down the back of their throat. Each were placed in a provocative pose. The main difference is the perp had more control with Eve as she was at home and he could choose how she was dressed. As the perp arrived almost immediately on her arrival home, he must have got her to change clothing, the description of the scant outfit doesn't seem like something she would have worn under her clothes.
Lynne's upper clothing was pulled up above her breasts and she was naked on the lower half.
In all the cases mentioned in regards to Lynne, Eve and those we or others have linked to them, all these women were returning home and either caught outside or just after returning home.
Those caught before returning home, lived with other people who were home at the time of their attacks. Those who were killed at home, lived with people who were not home at the time they were attacked.
Were they followed home by someone randomly or someone who had been stalking them?
Everyone seemed to be wearing denim jeans/trousers when out.
Everyone seems to have had their footwear removed.
The strongest link to the murder of Eve and Lynne is Elizabeth Parravincina, spellings have varied in news articles etc. Her attack appears to have been bungled and was close to where Lynne was attacked. All attacks appear to have been sexually motivated, no robbery.
Descriptions of men in the area at the time when available with Elizabeth and Eve, have often been of a stocky male, with a possibly odd penguin walk, wide face, possibly broken nose. Dark hair.
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Fifty years and still no answers.
The Stratford/Weedon cases must be near the top of the list for advanced DNA tests, so perhaps there will be progress. The Met have closed a couple of very old cold cases of late.
Marcel Theroux and Colin Sutton have both produced good documentaries on the cases, so there is also still media interest.
The killer definitely wasn't Sutcliffe though. The forensic expert on the Theroux documentary made that clear.
The Stratford/Weedon cases must be near the top of the list for advanced DNA tests, so perhaps there will be progress. The Met have closed a couple of very old cold cases of late.
Marcel Theroux and Colin Sutton have both produced good documentaries on the cases, so there is also still media interest.
The killer definitely wasn't Sutcliffe though. The forensic expert on the Theroux documentary made that clear.
I can't say I looked into cases outside London to any great extent. As we don't have resources like the police, we can only go on publicly released info. The only certain thing about the officially related deaths of Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon is that they are connected by DNA of the perp, are within London, were attacked on returning home, they were sexual attacks, their bodies were posed and they had items stuffed down the back of their throats. As there is nothing to suggest the killer went outside London we are on very thin ground trying to connect cases from there. There has been no evidence the person had a vehicle, travelled outside London etc etc.
I just looked briefly and the two women you mentioned are not officially linked to each other and one has had isolated DNA connected to her, if so it would have been checked against the murderer of Lynne and Eve.
Btw I'll try and look into them more. As I say, I don't think we can find anything to link them with the info we know.
Regarding MO, at one time it was believed serial killers don't change, at this stage,so many serial killers have changed their MO, sometimes more than once, that it's something that has to be accepted.
Although the DNA for Eve and Lynne is not officially linked to anyone else, therefore not making this a serial killer, I feel the manner of the way he killed them is definitely that of a serial killer, they seemed confident, not hesitant, cold blooded yet it feels like he enjoyed it. Like he had tried before, maybe without killing, that he would do it again.
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