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[Luwin]

Thread 'UK - Aria Thorpe, age 9, murdered by teenager, Weston-Super-Mare Dec 15, 2025'

Dec 17, 2025

A 15-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a nine-year-old girl.

Police earlier named the victim as Aria Thorpe, who was found dead at a house in Lime Close, Weston-super-Mare, on Monday evening.

The teenage accused, who cannot be named due to his age, appeared at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Wednesday and spoke only to confirm his name and address.

Weston-super-Mare stabbing: Teen charged with murder of girl, 9

Aria Thorpe's family say the nine-year-old was "bubbly" and loved country music.

www.bbc.co.uk

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[missf]

Thread 'UK - Daughter charged with murder of mother Lorna Nightingale after both previously disappeared and were found, London - 11 Dec 2025'

Dec 19, 2025

I think the thread for when they originally disappeared from Suffolk / Colchester and were subsequently found has gone, but a sad update today:

Daughter charged with murder after mother found dead in east London

Lorna Nightingale, 70, disappeared from Lowestoft in Suffolk in February

uk.news.yahoo.com

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[Rikissa]

Thread 'UK - Elvis Palla found dead in flat, Edinburgh, 13 December 2025 *Arrest*'

Dec 19, 2025

Man found dead in Edinburgh flat

This was a few days ago.

They've arrested and charged a chap called Christos Nikiforidis for murder. The victim and the suspect are both Greek, as far as I can tell.

I have some loose connections to the Greek community in Edinburgh and I can't quite shake the feeling that the victim seems somewhat familiar, sadly.

Does anyone have any further info, especially if you're from the area? Very curious to see a pic of the accused but there seems to be nothing out there.

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UK Thread 'UK- Judith Silver (Gold), 51, financial adviser, battered to death, Old Brewery Mews,150 yards from her home, Hampstead, High Street, 20 Oct., 2020.'

Dec 23, 2025

2016

Mews murder victim's family: Bellfield probe could bring us closure

The family of a financier whose murder has been linked to serial killer Levi Bellfield today welcomed any fresh inquiry into her death amid fears he may be responsible for up to 25 other unsolved crimes.

www.standard.co.uk

''The family of a financier whose murder has been linked to serial killer Levi Bellfield today welcomed any fresh inquiry into her death amid fears he may be responsible for up to 25 other unsolved crimes.
Judith Silver, 51, was found battered to death in a mews just 150 yards from her home in Hampstead High Street in October 1990 and despite a major police inquiry no-one was charged with the killing.

Now nine police forces across the UK...

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[RobinCAL]

UK Thread 'Human remains found in woodland in West Yorkshire, 15th Jan, 2026'

Jan 15, 2026

Police were called to a site between Emley and Clayton West on Wednesday after a caller reported finding what appeared to be bones while clearing a patch of waste ground.

West Yorkshire Police said forensic specialists had confirmed the bones to be human, adding that it was "believed they have been there for some time".

Human remains found in West Yorkshire woodland

A police cordon is in place in Kiln Lane, which sits between Huddersfield and Wakefield.

www.bbc.co.uk

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UK Thread 'UK-Bruce Roger Gapper,40, lorry driver,#3753DMUK,last seen leaving the Frontier nightclub, Batley, his abandoned car had fire damage,14 March1999.'

Jan 15, 2026

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=3753dmuk

3753DMUK - Bruce Roger Gapper​

Name: Bruce Roger Gapper
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: March 14, 1999
Location Last Seen: Batley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Physical...​

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[Luwin]

GUILTY Thread 'UK - Mandy Wixon found guilty of keeping a woman as slave for 25 years (1996 - 2001) Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire - arrest 15 March 2021'

Jan 22, 2026

Woman guilty of keeping slave for 25 years in Tewkesbury

The victim had bleach splashed on her and her head shaved against her will by Mandy Wixon.

www.bbc.co.uk

A woman has been found guilty of keeping another woman with learning difficulties captive for 25 years and using her as a slave.

Mother-of-10 Mandy Wixon, 56, made the vulnerable woman clean her squalid and overcrowded home in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and forced her to live off scraps.

Washing-up liquid would be squirted down the victim's throat, bleach splashed on her face, and she had her head repeatedly shaved against her will.

At Gloucester Crown Court, Judge Ian Lawrie said there was a "Dickensian quality" to the...

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UK Thread 'UK-Larry Burt,56,artist, Red Cross worker, strangled w. scarf, bike/camera/wallet/binoculars stolen, @warehouse yard, St Katharine's Way, 27 Feb.,1994'

Jan 22, 2026

List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom (1990s) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

February 1994

Larry Burt

Wapping, London

''56-year-old Burt, an artist, quality controller and Red Cross employee from Ramsgate in Kent, was strangled to death with a scarf in the yard
of a warehouse in St Katharine's Way, Wapping. The scarf, which did not belong to him, was found at the scene along with his body, but his

bicycle, binoculars, wallet, rucksack and camera were missing. Burt had caught a train from Ramsgate to...

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UK Thread 'UK - Alexander Key, 37, chef & partner of Mick Jagger's granddaughter, last seen in Boscastle, Cornwall, 23 Jan 2026'

Jan 26, 2026

Sir Mick Jagger's family is at the centre of a desperate search for his granddaughter Assisi Jackson's long-term partner, who has gone missing in Cornwall.

Alexander Key, a 37-year-old chef, who has two children with Assisi, 33, was last seen in Boscastle last Friday afternoon.

He was reported missing to Devon and Cornwall Police on Saturday evening, prompting an urgent public appeal.

This morning, Assisi's mother, jewellery designer Jade Jagger, 54, took to social media to share the police appeal with her followers, posting images of Alexander.

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• Forum: Missing Persons Discussion

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Thread 'UK - Isabel Cook, found dead Camden September 2005 - new evidence found Jan 2026'

Feb 2, 2026

What happened to Isabel? Birth certificate of mystery death woman ‘found in shaman swindler's flat'

New questions asked over Juliette D'Souza fraud case

www.camdennewjournal.co.uk

'A “WITCH doctor” who conned hundreds of thousands of pounds out of vulnerable people with promises of healing has been linked for the first time to the mystery of a young woman found dead in Belsize Park.

The connection between Juliette D’Souza, who was jailed for fraud in 2014, and Isabel Cook was made in the BBC documentary The Million Pound Shaman Scam – following the investigations of Sunday Times journalist Tim Rayment.

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UK Thread 'UK- Michelle Bettles, 22, Mom of 3, SW, last seen, red light district of Norwich, found strangled, Rush Meadow Road, Easter weekend, 29 March, 2002.'

Yesterday at 8:44 PM

https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/norfolk/news/unsolved-cases/MichelleBettles/

29/03/2002
''Michelle Bettles was 22 years old when she was murdered. Michelle operated as a street prostitute and was last seen in the red light district of Norwich during the early hours of Thurs 28 and Fri 29 March 2002 Easter weekend.

Original Investigation

Michelle unusually had not kept a pre-arranged appointment with a regular client of hers. They had arranged to meet close to her home address in the Dereham Road area of Norwich but she never kept the appointment.

CCTV footage...

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