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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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https://websleuths.com/threads/uk-paralympian-sam-ruddock-missing-in-las-vegas.741987/

 

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UK Thread 'UK - Manchester. Unidentified body of a woman found at Brookthorpe Avenue, Burnage, 5th May 2025'

May 6, 2025

Police have launched an investigation after the body of a woman was found near a south Manchester cricket club.

Emergency services were called to Brookthorpe Avenue, Burnage, at around 3pm on Monday (May 5) following reports of a body found nearby. The area was cordoned off as officers carried out enquiries.

The force have now confirmed the body of a woman, who has yet to be identified, was found.

Police launch investigation after body of unidentified woman found

The body was discovered on Monday afternoon

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Thread 'UK - murder arrest after fight between passengers aboard MSC Virtuosa cruise ship'

May 6, 2025

Murder arrest made after holidaymaker dies in ‘fight’ on cruise ship MSC Virtuosa

A 60-year-old died following an altercation on Saturday night, according to reports

www.independent.co.uk

A 57-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an altercation on a cruise ship in which another man, 60, died.

Police rushed to the Southampton Docks on Monday morning to arrest the Exeter resident, after the cruise ship returned to shore.

The 60-year-old man died on the MSC Virtuosa after an altercation on Saturday evening shortly after the ship left Southampton, police said. The ship returned to the city on Monday after the death on British waters...

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UK Thread 'UK- Jasmine, 26, last seen in Leamington, Warwickshire, 11 April, 2024, *CCTV*'

May 6, 2025

New CCTV in desperate search for missing woman, 26, who vanished 3 weeks ago

POLICE have released new CCTV pictures in their desperate search to try and find a woman who has been missing for almost a month. Jasmine, 26, has not been seen since she vanished from Leamington i…

www.thesun.co.uk

'Jasmine, 26, has not been seen since she vanished from Leamington in Warwickshire on April 11.'
The images show Jasmine on the day she went missing from Leamington.'

'Warwickshire Police said in a statement: "We’re growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of 26-year-old Jasmine who has been missing from Leamington since 11 April.'

'The 26-year-old is around 5ft 1in in height and has dark red/black hair, police said.
If you see Jasmine or know of her whereabouts, call 999...

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Thread 'Sabrina Brett - found dead in the Grand Union Canal in Stoke Hammond, near Milton Keynes, on 11 May 1995'

May 9, 2025

Police appeal to solve Sabrina Brett's murder near Milton Keynes

Detectives want to finally solve why Sabrina Brett was killed and dumped in a canal.

www.bbc.co.uk

Murder of 'exploited' teenage girl re-opens as cold case investigation in Milton Keynes - 30 years on

An investigation into a brutal murder that rocked the city 30 years ago has been re-opened as a cold case appeal – with a £20,000 reward for information.

www.miltonkeynes.co.uk

https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2025/may/05-05-2025/thirtieth-anniversary-of-murder-of-sabrina-brett--milton-keynes/

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Thread 'British Bella May Culley 18, missing from Thailand, arrested in Georgia, May 2025'

May 13, 2025

Desperate family of missing UK teen issue appeal after she vanishes in Thailand

Bella May Culley, 18, was last known to be in the Pattaya area and last spoke to her family on Saturday - her relatives are appealing for help to find her and are 'going out of their minds'

www.dailystar.co.uk

Bella May Culley was last heard from last Saturday, Telling her mum she would face time her later that day.
Her phone is thought to have been switched off since. Bella’s dad and auntie have gone over to Thailand in search of her.

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UK tourist murdered in Colombia.

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Thread 'Colombia- Alessandro Coatti, 42, molecular biologist @ UK's Royal Biological Society, traveled to Santa Marta, body found dismembered, 3 April, 2025.'

May 18, 2025

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2039448/scientist-dismembered-body-colombia

''The dismembered body of a prominent scientist has been discovered in various locations in a town in Colombia. A group of children discovered a black suitcase which contained the scientist’s head, hands and feet last Sunday.

Biologist Alessandro Coatti, 42, worked at the Royal Society of Biology in London for eight years until the end of 2024 to volunteer and travel in South America. Mr Coatti arrived in the coastal port Santa Marta, a town on Colombia’s north coast, on April 3 and was...

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UK Thread 'UK- Ali Durrani, 32, U of York student, went for walk to 'clear his head', last seen talking to a woman at a bus stop, Birmingham, 6 Feb; 2025.'

Jun 5, 2025

Ali Durrani

Ali we are here for you whenever you are ready; we can listen, talk you through what help you need, pass a message for you and help you to be safe.

www.missingpeople.org.uk

Family of missing Birmingham man Ali Durrani raise 'cold case' fears

A family say they are worried their son, who mysteriously vanished, will be forgotten about.

www.bbc.com

June 5 2025

''Missing Ali Durrani with his mother Mahjabeen, who fears his disappearance will become a cold case
A mother has said she fears the disappearance of her son will "become a cold case".

Ali Durrani, from Stirchley in Birmingham, has not been seen by his family for 120 days. He went missing one evening in February, and was last seen talking to a woman at a bus stop.

Relatives believe it is extremely out of character for the...

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Thread 'UK - Annabel Rook, 46, found stabbed inside house after suspected gas explosion, Stoke Newington, London, 17 June 2025 - Arrest'

Jun 17, 2025

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was found with stab wounds at a house in north London following a suspected a gas explosion.

The Met Police and London Fire Brigade were called to reports of a blast with a person trapped inside a terraced house on Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, just before 05:00 BST. The woman, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 44-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder was taken to hospital with slash wounds. His condition is not life-threatening, the Met Police said...

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Thread 'UK - Jennifer Abbott, 69, murdered in Camden for Diamond Rolex, 13 June 2025'

Jun 19, 2025

Film director, 69, murdered ‘for diamond encrusted Rolex watch’ at Camden home

Murdered Jennifer Abbott’s neighbours say her killers locked her dog in the bathroom and taped her mouth before ransacking the house

www.standard.co.uk

"A manhunt is under way after an award-winning film director was found murdered in her home near Regent’s Park.
Jennifer Abbott, 69, was discovered in Mornington Place in Camden at 6pm on Friday. Neighbours claimed she was found wrapped in a blanket with tape over her mouth.

Police believe she may have been targeted for her diamond encrusted Rolex watch.

Ms Abbott walked her Corgi dog on most days near the address a short distance from London Zoo. She had...

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UK Thread 'UK- Winifred Locke, 80, lived w. Parkinson's Disease, SA & asphyxiated, @ home, Baymead Meadow, N. Petherton, 31 October, 1983.'

Tuesday at 6:23 PM

Sep, 2019

The murder case that hasn't been solved in 36 years

An 80-year-old woman was killed and - shockingly - sexually assaulted

www.somersetlive.co.uk

''The death of Winifred Locke, an 80-year-old woman living in Baymead Meadow, North Petherton, has not yet been solved - despite taking place in October 1983.
The case has seen over 1,500 interviews take place but there has not yet been a resolution''.

''On October 21, 1983, Eva Locke visited her mother-in-law, Winifred, as she often did, to help her out.
Winifred, an 80-year-old widow had lived in Cannington for much of her life, but had moved to North Petherton 18 months previously...

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UK Thread 'UK- Edna Mary Ann Harvey, 87, strangled and her body set alight on her mattress, @ home, Finchley Road, Ipswich, August 28,1984.'

Wednesday at 8:40 AM

https://www.suffolk.police.uk/news/suffolk/news/unsolved-cases/edna-harvey/

With the progression of Forensic Science over the last sixteen years the murder of Edna Harvey has been reviewed many times.

2014

Edna Harvey murder: Police re-appeal after 30 years

Detectives renew their appeal for information after an 87-year-old woman was strangled and her body set alight on her mattress 30 years ago.

www.bbc.com

''Detectives are renewing their appeal for information after an 87-year-old woman was strangled and her body set alight on her mattress 30 years ago.

Edna Harvey was found dead in her ground floor flat in Finchley Road, Ipswich, on 28 August 1984.

Evidence showed the property had been...

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UK Thread 'UK- Doris Shelley, 82, died 11 days after being attacked w. a blunt instrument, kicked & punched, @ home, Martlesham, Suffolk, 11 Feb; 1993,'

Wednesday at 1:29 PM

2023

30 years on from unsolved murder of 82-year-old Doris Shelley

Thirty years ago, tragedy struck as 82-year-old Doris Shelley was discovered covered in blood and cowering against her stove following a raid…

www.eadt.co.uk

''Thirty years ago, tragedy struck as an 82-year-old woman was discovered covered in blood, cowering against her stove following a raid on her Martlesham bungalow.

She died 11 days later and her murder remains a mystery to this day, with Suffolk police continuing to search for new clues in the investigation.

On February 11, 1993, a concerned neighbour broke in through a window and found Doris Shelley, 82, in a dazed and confused state.
Covered in her own blood from an...

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