United Kingdom Crime Cases - Links to cases on Websleuths *No Discussion* #2

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UK Thread 'UK- Ian Murray Erskine, 44, senior economist Bank of England, His decomposed body found wrapped in plastic bag floating in the River Cam, Dec; '89.'

Apr 15, 2025

By Holly Evans, 25 SEP 2022 rbbm.

Gruesome murder of London banker found decomposed in plastic bag

Ian Murray Erskine was last seen leaving work on December 15, 1989, and was discovered four months later

www.mylondon.news

Ian Erskine's body was found three months later in Cambridgeshire (Image: Met Police)
''For the locals of Upware, a small village in Cambridgeshire, the shocking discovery of a body floating in the River Cam on a quiet Sunday morning had brought residents to a standstill. The news was even more shocking for the friends and family of Ian Murray Erskine, a successful banker who had not been last seen since December 1989 before he mysteriously...

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UK Thread 'UK- England, makeshift shelter near the A1 @Biggleswade, John Doe ''Old Rag Bones', white, blue eyes, 50-59, 5'4'', well-spoken, 6/2/97.'

Apr 16, 2025

6th Feb 2025

Fresh appeal hopes to identify man found dead near Biggleswade 28 years ago

A new appeal is hoping to solve the 28-year-old mystery of a body found near the A1 at Biggleswade.

www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk

''The body of the man was discovered in a makeshift shelter next to the A1 at Biggleswade on February 6, 1997, by a group of boys playing truant from school.''

Images of the man and tattoo produced by the University of...

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Thread 'UK- CCTV appeal launched after 'suspicious' man is seen offering girls modeling contracts in Amersham park, Buckinghamshire, 8 April 2025'

Apr 17, 2025

CCTV appeal launched after man is seen offering girls modeling contracts in Bucks park

Police officers are investigating reports of a suspicious man approaching girls in a park in Buckinghamshire.

www.bucksherald.co.uk

''Police officers are investigating reports of a suspicious man approaching girls in a park in Buckinghamshire.
Thames Valley Police was contacted by concerned onlookers alleging that a man was approaching girls and offering them modeling contracts in the King George V playing fields between 1pm and 2.30pm on Tuesday.''...

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UK Thread 'UK- Eila Karjalainen, 23, Finnish backpacker, hitchhiking from London on the A40, to Oxford, her remains found @King's Wood, Blenheim Estate, 7/8/83'

Apr 22, 2025

2014

Working to bring their killers to justice at last

THE DEATHS of 10 people in Oxfordshire are still classified as unsolved murders by police.

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

''FINNISH hitchhiker Eila Karjalainen’s decomposing body was found dumped in a wood on the Blenheim estate in November 1983.
The 23-year-old had been strangled and her body lay undiscovered for three months in Kings Wood in Woodstock.
Her rucksack and belongings including her passport were found in a layby on the A40 near Barnard Gate, near Witney, three weeks after her remains were found.
Her murder case was re-opened in 1987 by detectives searching for the killer of 17-year-old Rachel...

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UK Thread 'UK- Jill Brown, 19, last seen setting off for work @ the laundry in Brooklyn Road, Dovercourt, Essex, 3 January 1978.'

Apr 23, 2025

https://www.essex.police.uk/police-forces/essex-police/areas/essex-police/au/about-us/cold-and-unsolved/jill-brown/

"Jill Brown, 19, went missing on Tuesday 3 January 1978
On Tuesday 3 January 1978, nineteen-year-old Jill Brown set off for work at the laundry in Brooklyn Road, Dovercourt.

It was the first day back after the Christmas holidays. The number one song in the UK was Mull of Kintyre and across the pond, the Bee Gees were asking “How deep is your love?”.

Jill, 5ft 2ins tall with shoulder-length brown hair, was wearing a blue mac. She never arrived for work...

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Thread 'UK paralympian - Sam Ruddock - missing in Las Vegas'

Sunday at 8:48 AM

British Paralympian reported missing in Las Vegas

Sam Ruddock was last heard from on 16 April while in the US to watch a wrestling event.

www.bbc.co.uk

Sam Ruddock from Rugby in Warwickshire, who has competed in shot putt, cycling and sprinting, had travelled to the United States to watch a WrestleMania event and was last heard from on 16 April.

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