UK UK- Lynda Farrow, 29, pregnant, Battered/throat slashed @ home, Woodford Green, London, Jan 1979

[sportstergirl]

What sort of hired assasin takes the chance of there being a kitchen knife being handy?
Could this have been a burglary gone bad? A petty crook sneaks into the home, Lynda sees him starts screaming & he grabs a knife. She fights back & he panics & she's killed in a fit of rage

 

[jojojaja]

What sort of hired assasin takes the chance of there being a kitchen knife being handy?
Could this have been a burglary gone bad? A petty crook sneaks into the home, Lynda sees him starts screaming & he grabs a knife. She fights back & he panics & she's killed in a fit of rage

Maybe one that knows her.

 

[jojojaja]

Maybe one that knows her.

If you haven't watched it, West End Murders gives more insight into her husband's family and acquaintances. Being watched and followed on the last day of her life, by people who weren't supposed to know where she lived, threatening phone calls. It wasn't necessarily someone who was paid to kill her. Or her husband organising it.
A family involved with organised crime and a woman seemingly to them, taking revenue away from the family and allowing one of their own to look a patsy.

I have wondered with Eve Stratford, it's said the murderer brought the knife and took it with them. How would they know if it was a knife that was there or not? 1970s, it would usually be the woman who cooks, would the guys have necessarily have known if a knife was missing?

 

[lee sumner]

If you haven't watched it, West End Murders gives more insight into her husband's family and acquaintances. Being watched and followed on the last day of her life, by people who weren't supposed to know where she lived, threatening phone calls. It wasn't necessarily someone who was paid to kill her. Or her husband organising it.
A family involved with organised crime and a woman seemingly to them, taking revenue away from the family and allowing one of their own to look a patsy.

I have wondered with Eve Stratford, it's said the murderer brought the knife and took it with them. How would they know if it was a knife that was there or not? 1970s, it would usually be the woman who cooks, would the guys have necessarily have known if a knife was missing?

i thought the same about murder weapon. would TP know what knives were in the flat. i do think the killer brought the blade with him. premeditation.

 

[forensicswannabe]

I do believe Lynda was likely killed by her husband or someone her husband got to kill her and that Eve and Lynne was killed by a different killer who was a sexual sadist.

 

[lee sumner]

I do believe Lynda was likely killed by her husband or someone her husband got to kill her and that Eve and Lynne was killed by a different killer who was a sexual sadist.

yes, i agree. iam puzzled at how ret, DCI colin sutton thinks both ES and LF were killed by the same man because both had there throats cut. yes, its rare a killer kills in such a manner, but other details dont line up. LF murder was clearly a domestic type murder involving her husband, while ES killing was a sex crime.

 

[tes1984]

yes, i agree. iam puzzled at how ret, DCI colin sutton thinks both ES and LF were killed by the same man because both had there throats cut. yes, its rare a killer kills in such a manner, but other details dont line up. LF murder was clearly a domestic type murder involving her husband, while ES killing was a sex crime.

I tend to agree, but we don't know for sure. The motives might not be quite what we think.

The crimes are similar enough that it could be the same offender, but like I say we just don't know. The murders of Eve and Lynne Weedon would have been almost impossible to link without the DNA match.

We also seem to have two DNA profiles for Eve, which increases the possibility of two killers who acted together and then went their seperate ways.

 

[lee sumner]

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Kelly-Ann Mills
Jan 2022 rbbm

Manhunt detective thinks Playboy Bunny killer's 3rd victim was pregnant mum-of-2

Former detective chief inspector Colin Sutton, who career was portrayed in ITV drama Manhunt, said he has "no doubt" the same man killed all three women

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''The detective who brought down killer Levi Bellfield and was the subject of ITV drama Manhunt is convinced the Playboy Bunny killer has a third victim.

Eve Stratford's horrific rape and murder has already been linked to that of 16-year-old schoolgirl Lynne Weedon, after DNA revealed they were both killed by the same man.


But former detective chief inspector Colin Sutton, who was played in the hit TV show by Martin Clunes, believes the same man was responsible for the death of 29-year-old Lynda Farrow.

Eve Stratford was attacked in her own home in March 1975, almost four years on in January 1979 Lynda Farrow was also killed in her home just five miles away.

Both women were attacked so savagely their heads were almost severed.

Lynda was pregnant with her third child when she finished her shift at the International Sporting Club and headed home to Woodford Green in east London.''

''The 29-year-old had been brutally battered and stabbed to death, but had not been sexually assaulted.
Police found footprints leading to the front door in the snow, the imprints came from size seven wellington boot and witnesses say a man running up the road.''

"I was quickly struck by the similarities with that of Eve Stratford.
"A woman killed in her own home by having her throat slit? That is rare enough today, in the 1970s it was almost unheard of.''

"With Eve Stratford all the evidence was available, which enabled us to send items away for modern scientific analysis.

"In Lynda’s case it was the reverse.


"This was particularly disappointing, as the physical evidence in Lynda’s murder has never been checked for DNA, cutting off an important detection route.

"The fact that the Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon DNA profile remains unmatched tells us their killer has not been arrested in the past 20 years.

"I have no doubt the same man committed all three murders. Did he die, or move abroad? My gut feeling tells me he is still out there somewhere and still nervous about a knock on his door."

no way. farrow murder was a contract killing. her husband hired someone to kill farrow. yes, both stratford and farrow had been slashed across the throat which is rare in a murder, but there are other factors that point to a different killer. iam surprised DCI sutton thinks the cases are linked.

 

[tes1984]

there are other factors that point to a different killer

If it wasn't for the DNA match, then we would say the same thing about the murders of Eve and Lynne not being linked.

 

[tes1984]

What sort of hired assasin takes the chance of there being a kitchen knife being handy?

A very good question.. and one of many if this was murder for hire.

 

[lee sumner]

If it wasn't for the DNA match, then we would say the same thing about the murders of Eve and Lynne not being linked.

yes, i agree.

 

[lee sumner]

What sort of hired assasin takes the chance of there being a kitchen knife being handy?
Could this have been a burglary gone bad? A petty crook sneaks into the home, Lynda sees him starts screaming & he grabs a knife. She fights back & he panics & she's killed in a fit of rage

farrow was being watched by friends of her husband. sounds like she was being stalked. she was pregnant. new partner and baby on the way. was this a case of a jealous controlling husband who could not move on.

 

[tes1984]

farrow was being watched by friends of her husband. sounds like she was being stalked. she was pregnant. new partner and baby on the way. was this a case of a jealous controlling husband who could not move on.

It certainly seems like Lynda was being stalked, but not sure if any of the husband's friends would have been willing to murder a pregnant woman like that.

 

[lee sumner]

It certainly seems like Lynda was being stalked, but not sure if any of the husband's friends would have been willing to murder a pregnant woman like that.

it does seem cold, but no sign of sex assault.

 

[tes1984]

it does seem cold, but no sign of sex assault.

There weren't any obvious signs of sexual assault, but a sexually motivated murder wasn't completely ruled out. A burglary gone wrong also wasn't ruled out.

 

[lee sumner]

There weren't any obvious signs of sexual assault, but a sexually motivated murder wasn't completely ruled out. A burglary gone wrong also wasn't ruled out.

farrow was attacked as she picked up the phone ringing in the hallway. i think the killer was waiting for her.

 

[lee sumner]

If you haven't watched it, West End Murders gives more insight into her husband's family and acquaintances. Being watched and followed on the last day of her life, by people who weren't supposed to know where she lived, threatening phone calls. It wasn't necessarily someone who was paid to kill her. Or her husband organising it.
A family involved with organised crime and a woman seemingly to them, taking revenue away from the family and allowing one of their own to look a patsy.

I have wondered with Eve Stratford, it's said the murderer brought the knife and took it with them. How would they know if it was a knife that was there or not? 1970s, it would usually be the woman who cooks, would the guys have necessarily have known if a knife was missing?

good point. i think her husband hired his friends to kill lynda.

 

[tes1984]

farrow was attacked as she picked up the phone ringing in the hallway. i think the killer was waiting for her.

She wasn't attacked while she was on the phone, but the killer may have been watching the house from outside, waiting for her to return home.

 

[lee sumner]

She wasn't attacked while she was on the phone, but the killer may have been watching the house from outside, waiting for her to return home.

if he was waiting for her to return home from shopping, and her kids were on the way home from school. there is no way this was a sex predator waiting to strike. this was a domestic murder for hire plot put together by her husband who got others to do his dirty work.

 

[tes1984]

if he was waiting for her to return home from shopping, and her kids were on the way home from school. there is no way this was a sex predator waiting to strike. this was a domestic murder for hire plot put together by her husband who got others to do his dirty work.

I reckon you're probably right, but none of this is certain at this stage.