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She was found dead only in her underclothes in her bedroom, and is thought to have died four weeks earlier. The intruder beat Sarah about the head and opened some drawers in her home but police were unable to establish if anything was stolen. . HomeAdvisor uses 3rd party data sources to conduct a criminal search for any relevant criminal activity associated with the owner/principal of the business. The murder is now officially unsolved, then, although the police have decided not to hunt the killer anymore. I never met my father but I would dream of him: he was my hero, my myth, my everything. The mystery of the Templeton Woods murders has hung over Dundee since March 21, 1979, when the naked body of 18-year-old Dundee woman charged with attempted murder Violet Francis (25), waitress, 28 Bernard Street, appeared before Bailie Gillies at Dundee Police Court on Saturday on a charge of attempted murder. [27] On the DNA from the jumper's neck, Whittaker said: "This result is of particular significance since the DNA profile result is what I would expect to find if Vincent Simpson had grabbed the jumper in the area of the neck, thus transferring his DNA to this area". Her husband was convicted of her murder but later released on appeal. His body was found slumped behind the car's passenger seat at 2, James Doyle Snr, James Doyle Jnr, Andrew Doyle, Tony Doyle, Christina Halleron and Mark Halleron. Police said witnesses appeared unwilling to help them. [1] They went to several pubs but eventually ended up at Teazer's Disco in Union Street, Dundee. Read on for a few of the unnerving tales linked to the Badger State. TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX: DPM) ("DPM" or "the Company") announced preliminary production results from both of its mines in Bulgaria and the Tsumeb smelter in Namibia for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022. Dundee women Carol Lumen 18) and Elizabeth McCabe (20) were found strangled in the woods on the north-west outskirts of Dundee near Camperdown Park. Dr Alexander Wood and his wife, Dorothy.. He had been acquitted of Elizabeth McCabes murder. [3] Her mother later said that she would normally have taken a bus or a taxi home after a night out. [31] At trial the detectives on the case denied there had been contamination, with retired Detective Inspector Ian Kennedy saying that police took every step to ensure this didn't happen. Diane Jones vanished outside the house she shared with her husband in, In the summer of 1983, 23-year-old Eila Karjalainen, a Finnish nursing student, was on holiday in England, and probably hitch-hiking, when she was murdered by an unknown perpetrator. 59-year-old Tervina Cameron was found dead after a house fire in Addy Street, Sheffield, on 8 July 1982. I travelled all over the south coast for a few days and sold the jewellery Id stolen.. new combined website. Her boyfriend said he entered the house and saw a tall, black man standing near her body with a knife before fleeing. 24-year-old Rosalia Jones was murdered at her home on Layham Drive on 14 February 1986. I sat there on the floor in a daze for a long time, and eventually realised it was seven in the evening. Police believe he picked someone up before driving to Cyprus Road, about a mile away. Research by the Evening Telegraph has unearthed a short story by the convicted killer, which describes the events which led to the horrific killing of Dr Alexander Wood and his wife Dorothy. 36-year-old David Short's assailant struck his head with an unknown hard instrument after spraying an incapacitant into his face as he stood at his doorstep on Thursday, 22 September. Her body was discovered in the kitchen there and had severe head injuries. Overnight heavy rain meant that when local police became aware that they had a new homicide on their hands up to 11 and a half hours later, anything at the scene that might have been useful as forensic evidence had they known about the crime earlier, either had been washed away or was too contaminated to have much forensic value now. woman appeared in private Flat 13. Premium content exclusive to our subscribers, She could have died: Ex-cop blasts Waid Academy for not reporting school assault to police, Waid Academy schoolboy knocked unconscious in fight on same day girl assaulted in Fife classroom, GEORGE CRAN: Call-off chaos at Dundee? [19], In 2004, police linked to the murders of Lannen and McCabe together with five murders across Scotland as part of Operation Trinity, although police subsequently announced that the Templeton Woods murders were not linked to the other five cases and said in 2005 that there was no evidence to link the murders of Lannen and McCabe at that stage. He was believed to have been wearing a light grey jacket and looked scruffy. being a teenager at that time was brilliant . PENN YAN A Dundee man who spent time in prison for killing his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago, and again for sexual abuse in the 1990s, could be looking at another stint behind bars.. A number of sex workers were quizzed over his death. taking a fresh look at the unsolved Templeton Woods murders in Dundee. [40], In 2020, a senior investigator on the McCabe case told STV News that the murders of McCabe and Lannen could still be solved, although police said that there was no plan to re-investigate the case. Bludgeoned to death after disturbing burglars at her cottage on 6 May 1988 (her 81st birthday). Her mother, Christine, reported her missing when she failed to return home, and within a short space of time, the police called at her house in Bonnywell Road to ask her to make her way to Leigh Infirmary to identify a body discovered just before midnight in an alleyway near the house. She was last seen leaving a Dundee night club. At 4:05am, a woman living on Cyprus Road heard a car brake suddenly and, looking out of the window, saw the taxi rocking violently as though a fight was taking place inside it. James Doyle Snr, 53, and his sons James Doyle Jnr, 23, Andrew Doyle, 18, and Tony Doyle, 14, together with Christina Halleron (their 25-year-old sister) and Mark Halleron (her 18-month-old son), died after the flat they were in a flat in Bankend Street, WPC Yvonne Fletcher, 25, was patrolling the area just outside the Libyan embassy during a protest when shots were fired into the crowd, injuring her fatally and 10 others less severely. [157], List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom (1980s). Dr Woods was sitting in a chair and his wife was lying nearby. [24], At the end of the trial, the judge told the jury that they must not convict Simpson on the basis of DNA evidence alone (Scottish law requires at least two separate sources of evidence for a conviction[34]). 51-year-old Julie Perigo was violently attacked in her one-bedroom flat on Kidderminster Road, Sunderland. Teenager Raymond Gilmour confessed to Pamela's murder and was jailed, but he maintained that he was coerced into confessing. However, such hypothesis was strongly disputed by his father. Findmypast | A man and his wife went to the police in November 1989 and told them that her ex-husband turned up at their residence on 31 August 1986 and confessed to the crime before returning to the victim's property to set it alight, but his 1991 conviction was overturned in 2003 after three experts testified during his appeal that it was unlikely that Mabel was murdered at the time the couple said he said she was. The cause of death was under . 28-year-old Jones was found dead in her flat on 16 January 1988. A post-mortem revealed that she had died of strangulation. Help organising your research by adding bookmarking your articles. It has been suggested that Pamela could have been a victim of serial killer Peter Tobin or, Dolphus Smith, Sidney Hickling and Susan Ovens. It was a scene of carnage very disturbing. His acquittal was absolute because unlike in other parts of the country Scotland has a half way verdict. On Sunday 19 February 1984, 13-year-old Colin Maxwell left his home in Streatham and was never seen again. He is charged with the murder of his grandmother, Mildred "Dodie" Darrington, 85, whose body was found in her East Dundee house. At trial the police claimed partial DNA linked him to the crime scene. Police believed the attack to have been due to a burglary having gone wrong. Phillip ran a newsagent's kiosk at, Elsa Hannaway, 37, was beaten, raped and left for dead in, Cyril Fensome, Florence Pennell and Stacey Darlington. She had been stabbed three times in the neck and face but had no defence injuries and there were no signs of a break-in, suggesting she had known her murderer(s) and let them in. Elizabeth McCabe was a 20-year-old trainee nurse from Dundee, Scotland. [26], At the trial it was heard that DNA found on the jumper draped over McCabe where she was dumped very likely came from Simpson. Andrew Innes, 50, was accused of killing Bennylyn, 25, and her two-yea In 2007 a man called Vincent Simpson walked free from court. Rich died Saturday at his home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, said Lieutenant Aimee Earl of the Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner Coroner's office. Her murder was a year after the murder of Carol Lannen at the same place and together they were known as The Templeton Woods Murders. [50], Alun Kyte, the killer of two other sex workers, was suspected of Yvonne's murder; however, no charges were filed against him in this case. Investigators said Garcia fatally stabbed 11-year-old Thomas Hunter and 57-year-old Shirlee Sherman at the family's home in an upscale Omaha neighborhood. The murder of Carol Lannen in 1979, Elizabeth McCabe's murder in 1980, and the savage murder of pregnant Lynda Hunter in 1988, for which her husband Andrew Hunter was convicted of. Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. Her body was not discovered until a month later when her mother became concerned about her lack of contact. The 24-year-old barmaid was raped and beaten to death in a school playground on 9 December. In the Footsteps of Killers returns to Channel 4 at 10pm this evening and investigates the Templeton Woods murders of Carol Lannen (left) in 1979 and Elizabeth McCabe (right) in 1980.. I am not judging him I am just illustrating why, when the cops looked at the taxi angle, he became a prime suspect. On 25 January 2010, the skeletal remains of a woman were discovered hidden under multiple pieces of carpet in. Asked if Gallagher was a patient at the hospital, a spokesman could not comment. A witness saw her talking to a man in the early hours of the day she was murdered. But the jury. . 64-year-old Carver was bludgeoned to death at his. 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Shortly after his blood-splattered exploits in Dundee, he fled to Kent and committed yet another double-murder, this time targeting an elderly monk and his defenceless housekeeper, both of whom were battered so badly that the murder scene was described as resembling an "abattoir". [6][4] 18-year-old Dundee prostitute[12][13] Carol Lannen was found in Templeton Woods in March 1979 after last being seen getting into what was believed to be a Ford Cortina estate car taxi in Exchange Street, the city's red light district, at 8pm on 20 March 1979. It has finally closed this case for me. A man jailed in 1982 for the murder of Eric Carver had his conviction quashed in 2006 because appeal judges ruled that lack of evidence against him together with heavy-handed tactics used by the police to get him to confess to the crime meant that his conviction was not safe. [22], The BBC reported after that the trial that "There now seems little hope of closure for the McCabe family, or for Templeton Woods to shed its association with unsolved murder. Louisiana, 1978/79, The Unsolved Shooting Of Craig Eaton, Liverpool, UK 2004, The Unsolved Murder Of 15 Year Old Sean McGann, UK, 1979, Devout Esther Soper Murdered While Selling Her Home: Devon, UK, 1976. There were 695 victims of homicide in the year ending March 2020, 47 . It was originally planted in the 19th century when it was part of the 1st Earl of Camperdowns estate. John Welch was beaten to death in Room 101 of the Swallow Hotel on 26 November 1980. As was the case in the murder of Carol Lannen, Ms McCabe had been strangled to death. A chilling confession by killer Henry Gallagher has detailed the brutal murder of a well-respected doctor and his wife in Dundee 40 years ago. The murderer, who was probably known to her (since there was no sign of forced entry), struck unexpectedly as she was sitting in a chair and watching TV. However, a taxi driver and criminal who had been a suspect in the original McCabe inquiry and who admitted to being a "peeping Tom" in Templeton Woods was tried for the murder in 2007, after it was heard that DNA was found on exhibits that had only a 1 in 40 million chance of belonging to anyone else. 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Murder petition FOUR YOUNG Dundee men appeared in private before Sheriff Green yesterday on a petition alleging murder. Prime suspect Albert Newman was cleared of his murder at the, By the A30 road close to the southern perimeter fence of Heathrow Airport, In the early hours of 31 March 1984, Indian minicab driver Pardeep Sangha was stabbed to death while on duty. The Templeton Woods Unsolved Murders. [5][4] However, investigators at the time were said to be keeping an open mind on whether the same person killed both women. According to detectives, the murder bore all the hallmarks of a professional killing. Two weeks after Ms Lannens body was discovered more of her property was uncovered. He had been walking along a path between Mirfield Memorial Park and the canal known as the. Witnesses reported seeing him in a scuffle with a young man in a toilet block some time previously, and Bryne may have torn the man's jacket. [32] Simpson himself claimed to have an alibi, saying he was either at home, ferrying fares around the Dundee area or at a local casino when the murder happened.