UK UK, Wales- John ‘Jack’ Armstrong, 58, Cardiff Taxi Driver, Picked up fare, "Mr Williams", Body found w. catastrophic head injuries, 5 Oct. 1979 "DNA*

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Could DNA help catch mystery killer of taxi driver 40 years ago? | ITV News

Detectives and forensic experts are reviewing the case of the Cardiff taxi driver who was found dead more than 40 years ago. | ITV News Wales

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Oct 25 2022 rbbm.
Jack Armstrong went missing after collecting a customer in Cardiff in 1979


''Modern scientific DNA techniques could help police finally identify the killer of a Cardiff taxi driver more than 40 years ago.

The body of Jack Armstrong was found in October 1979 after he picked up a fare in Cardiff.

It was the beginning of what was at the time, one of South Wales Police’s biggest investigations.

On the afternoon of Friday, 5 October 1979, Mr Armstrong answered a call to pick up a fare from the Fairwater area of the city. Shortly after 1pm, was the last time anyone heard from him.

Despite an intense investigation, police's efforts were unsuccessful in catching the killer, and the case has remained a mystery for the last 40 years.

But, a new team of detectives and forensic experts are re-examining the evidence with the help of new DNA techniques. Their painstaking work will be shown in an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary on S4C called Llofruddiaeth Jack Armstrong (The Murder of Jack Armstrong).''

• • ''What do police know?
• On Friday 5 October, a phone call was made to Castle Cabs asking for a taxi. The man gave his name as Mr Williams and asked for a taxi from Fairwater to Cowbridge.
  
  Later that evening, police were called to the Treoes area, a small village outside Bridgend, nearly 20 miles from Cardiff. A resident called to say that a car had been left on a secluded road. The car was Jack Armstrong’s taxi.
  
  Blood was found in the taxi and there was no sign of Jack.''
  
  Shortly before the car was reported to the police, eye witnesses saw a man cleaning the inside of the car. This man was described as around 20 years old.''

"So, if you do the maths, there’s a good chance that this man is still alive", Detective Huw Griffiths from South Wales Police’s Major Crime Review Unit said.

"We know that this man was very dangerous in 1979 – what else has this man done in the last 40 years?”

''Evidence from the case, including Jack’s clothes have been carefully stored by the police for more than 40 years and it is possible that the murderer left traces of their DNA when they attacked Jack – and that is the hope of the specialists working on the case.''

• ''Watch Llofruddiaeth Jack Armstrong on 25 October 9pm on , S4C. English subtitles are available. Or watch on demand on S4C Clic and iPlayer.''

 

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Unsolved murder of Cardiff taxi driver John ‘ Jack’ Armstrong being reviewed

He was found murdered in Cowbridge three days after collecting a customer in his taxi in Cardiff

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Jack Armstrong's battered body was found in a quite lane at Treoes, near Bridgend (Image: Steve Barnes/CC BY-SA 2.0)
''No-one has ever been convicted of the murder but police officers in the city are hoping advances in forensic capabilities and changes in loyalties will bring about justice. Detectives at South Wales Police’s Specialist Crime Review Unit are once again examining the case.

On October 5, 1979, Jack, as he was known by family and friends, radioed in to confirm he’d collected the fare from a Fairwater pub, but was not heard from again. The firm he worked for, Castle Private Hire Taxi Company, in Westgate Street, Cardiff, had taken a call from a man identifying himself only as Williams, asking to be collected from the Fairwater Pub in St Fagans Road to take him to Cowbridge.

Mr Armstrong drove off in his metallic bronze Colt Sigma 1600cc, registration RNY 119R, and 10 minutes later, at 1.30pm, he radioed taxi control.''

 

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Unfortunately, i cannot access the video, hoping it will eventually turn up on youtube..

Llofruddiaeth Jack Armstrong

Ers 1979 mae llofruddiaeth gyrrwr tasci o Gaerdydd wedi parhau'n ddirgelwch, ond a ddaw...

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''Tune in tomorrow to S4C at 9pm to see the work of our Major Crime Review Unit in attempting to solve a 1979 murder.
Llofruddiaeth Jack Armstrong (The Murder of Jack Armstrong) follows the team as they try to find the killer of the taxi driver, whose body was found on common land near Cowbridge. His car had previously been found in the village of Treoes near Bridgend.
Despite extensive investigations and reviews carried out over the past 40 years, the person responsible for Mr Armstrong’s death has never been found.
The hope is that the killer left their DNA on an item of Mr Armstrong’s clothing recovered from the scene.
You can watch how the teams gets on by tuning in to Llofruddiaeth Jack Armstrong on S4C at 9pm on Tuesday 25th October.''

 

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March 23 2023 by Daniel Nuttman rbbm.

Who was Jack Armstrong and what happened to the Cardiff taxi driver?

JACK Armstrong was a taxi driver from Cardiff, whose death in October 1979 has never been solved despite a thorough police investigation. Here’s what we know about Armstrong, and what happene…

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''JACK Armstrong was a taxi driver from Cardiff, whose death in October 1979 has never been solved despite a thorough police investigation.

Here's what we know about Armstrong, and what happened to him.''

''Jack Armstrong was a Welsh taxi driver who was found murdered on October 8, 1979.

Armstrong was 58, and was last seen alive on October 5, 1979, where he picked up a customer in Cardiff.

Despite an extensive investigation from South Wales Police, Armstrong’s murderer has never been found.''

His taxi was found in Bridgend later on the evening of October 5, 1979, stained with blood. Locals eventually found his body three days later in Cowbridge, he had sustained fatal blows to the head.


Not a lot of details are known about the incident, other than the fact that the person he collected was called Mr Williams and wanted to be taken to Cowbridge.

South Wales Police decided to review the investigation in December 2020, 41 years after the killing took place.

''Jack was a father to seven children, who have never been able to receive answers.''

Police are hopeful that modern forensic techniques could help them finally help then solve the case.''