UK UK - Laurence Winstanley, 23, Oldham, Manchester, 2 Oct 1988

[OkieGranny]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...urence-winstanley-murder-pond-search-12427232

Laurence Winstanley, then 23, was executed with a shot to the head before his mutilated and partly burned body - wrapped in a curtain and weighed down with a pick-axe head - was found in Baitings Dam near Littleborough in 1989.

Now detectives are revisiting the case and frogmen have searched a pond in Littleborough as part of their fresh enquiry...

He was last seen on October 2, 1988. He went for a drink at his local, The Windsor, where he received a phone call which seemed to concern him.

After leaving the pub, he went to his mother’s house in Shaw, but took over an hour to complete a journey which would normally take minutes. He went back to the pub for a time but was never seen alive again.

 

[CastlesBurning]

The Unseen Podcast / Laurence Winstanley

Laurence Winstanley disappeared in 1988. His murderer has never been caught

 

[TootsieFootsie]

The curious case of man dumped in reservoir after phone call

 

[Fede]

The curious case of man dumped in reservoir after phone call

The article says that he left the pub but later came back. What happened in the meantime?

 

[Grouse]

Just read of this case today when I was searching for information about current UK reservoir levels.

Exploring GB

 

[Grouse]

The Unseen Podcast / Laurence Winstanley

Laurence Winstanley disappeared in 1988. His murderer has never been caught

That link has expired but I found the podcast here 12: Laurence Winstanley – The Unseen Podcast – Podcast

 

[Grouse]

Not much seems to have come up on this case, which I only came across by pure chance when looking for info on reservoir levels - we have had a drought declared in some parts of the UK.

It's the first case on this Crimewatch Reconstruction episode

Not sure how accurate it will have been to what really was discussed, but in the part where Laurence is talking to the builder (who was possibly the last person to see him alive) they talk about getting a pit filled in in Laurence's garage and I wondered if that could have been of significance. Usually I'd have thought an inspection pit in a commercial garage is a useful thing to keep?

Despite some rain lately, if reservoir levels keep dropping as they have there may be more cases coming to light.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

Usually I'd have thought an inspection pit in a commercial garage is a useful thing to keep?

I think it may be that you are not supposed to use them now as fumes/gas can gather in the pit.