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Gone But Not Forgotten: They say there's no such thing as the perfect murder, but practically every day of the year someone is killed and their killer remains at large. This section of the archive is dedicated to the victims of the UK's unsolved murders of the 20th century... Gone But Not Forgotten: February February 1st 1/2/1942 Anne Todd – Hull Anyone who dies of their injuries within a year and a day of being attacked is the victim of murder, according to law. That’s what happened to Anne Todd. She was almost beaten to death by two intruder... more » February 2nd 2/2/1951 Florence Weatherall – Bestwood They called 22-year-old Florence Weatherall the “prettiest woman in Linby,” in Nottinghamshire. She was married and had just given birth to twins when she set out on Friday, February 2nd, 1951, to go ... more » February 5th 5/2/1920 Gerald Griggs – Westerham It’s not only difficult to say who killed 11-year-old army cadet Gerald Griggs, it’s even difficult to why he died. Gerald was found face down in a field near Westerham, Kent, on Thursday, February 5t... more » February 5th 5/2/1945 Eileen Cook – London The war was almost over, and the abandoned air raid shelters had fallen into disrepair. In early 1945, however, prostitutes found them useful, and it was in such a shelter in Bethnal Green Road, Londo... more » February 6th 6/2/1966 Peggy Flynn – Dalkey Who killed Irish prostitute Peggy Flynn? “I did,” said an Irishman serving in the British Army’s Parachute Regiment and currently a patient at the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley, Southampton. “Well... more » February 7th 7/2/1960 Selwyn Cooney - London “Events surrounding this trial suggest there may be times when the power of the criminal underworld defeats the ends of justice,” declares a note in a criminal manual in a chapter relating to the kill... more » February 8th 8/2/1939 Fred Paul – Winkfield What would you do if you came upon a murder scene? On Wednesday, February 8th, 1939, Albert Gray, a butcher, did just that. He was delivering meat to the victim, a customer, and when he found the door... more » February 8th 8/2/1948 Eileen Lockhart – London The murderer of five-year-old Eileen Lockhart crept up behind her, put his left hand over her nose and mouth to stop her screaming, and raped her. Then he strangled her with his right hand. That was o... more » February 10th 10/2/1929 Kate Jackson – Limeslade Although she was married to a fishmonger, Kate Jackson lived the life of Riley at her bungalow in Limeslade, near Swansea. In 1929, when Ł4 a week was a working man’s salary, she would spend several p... more » February 12th 12/2/1921 Thomas Thomas – Garnant Walking past the Star Supply Stores in Garnant, Carmarthenshire, at 10.15 p.m. on Saturday, February 12th, 1921, Mrs. Diana Bowen heard “a scream and a thud,” but thought it was just an accident insid... more » February 12th 12/2/1959 Martha Giles – Wolverhampton When Nurse Martha Giles, 45, was found stabbed and battered to death in the grounds of Wolverhampton Hospital on Thursday, February 12th, 1959, police arrested a suspect primarily because there was bl... more » February 14th 14/2/1945 Charles Walton – Lower Quinton Even today at the village of Lower Quinton in Warwickshire they’ll tell you that Charles Walton, a 74-year-old local hedger, was killed by witchcraft. The year was 1945, when most people would think w... more » February 14th 14/2/1972 Harry Barham – London One way to settle large outstanding debts is to start making money quickly to pay them off. That’s what bookmaker Harry Barham, 52, did. He was due to appear at the Old Bailey on a charge of evading Ł... more » February 15th 15/2/1929 Vera Sidney – Croydon “Natural causes,” the doctor wrote on 40-year-old Vera Sidney’s death certificate on Friday, February 15th, 1929. Vera, who lived in Croydon, Surrey, had been ill for only a few days. It was the secon... more » February 15th 15/2/1952 May Thompson – Low Spennymoor Every Friday Ellen Kipling had dinner with her friend May Thompson. On Friday, February 15th, 1952, Ellen knocked on May’s door in William Street, Low Spennymoor, Co. Durham, and went in. May was lyin... more » February 16th 16/2/1936 Eliza Worton – Tipton Two boys told the police that they knew they had seen a lorry driver near a murder scene because they had glimpsed “the shiny peak” of his cap. The lorry driver, William Oakley, was defended by the ce... more » February 18th 18/2/1908 Emma Sherriff – Bournemouth Her battered body was found by a school party walking along the Southbourne cliffs near Bournemouth. She was lying face down in a sandy hollow, two handkerchiefs jammed into her mouth, brutally strang... more » February 18th 18/2/1963 Albert Porter – Burnley A man in Belfast Prison told police that the axeman who killed Albert Porter, 54, in Milton Street, Burnley, Lancashire, on Monday, February 18th, 1963, was the dead man’s son-in-law, Adrian Ayres. Q... more » February 18th 18/2/1962 Norman Rickard – London According to neighbours, a “handsome” young man, about six feet tall and in his early twenties, was seen in the company of Norman Rickard entering Mr. Rickard’s Paddington, west London flat on Februar... more » February 19th 19/2/1962 John Vigar – London Did the same man who killed Norman Rickard (February 18th) strike again next day? That was the question detectives asked themselves when the body of John Vigar, 23, a costume dresser for ABC TV, was f... more » February 20th 20/2/1942 Peggy Richards – London The year was 1942. It was Friday, February 20th and London’s Waterloo Bridge was still unfinished. Suddenly, from deep within the blackout and the river mist shrouding the bridge, came the sounds of a... more » February 21st 21/2/1932 Dora Lloyd – London Life for a London prostitute has always been fraught with risks. Ten years before Peggy Richards was killed at least a dozen other prostitutes were murdered. At that time Dora Lloyd was working the We... more » February 22nd 22/2/1920 James Kelly – London He may have been a soldier, he was aged about 30, he was dressed in a light trench coat and he certainly had a gun. The night of February 11th, 1920, he robbed Acton railway station’s ticket office, a... more » February 22nd 22/2/1968 Mary Judge – Kirkgate In Emil Zola’s novel La bęte humaine trainspotters see a murder being committed on a train as it flashes by. In Leeds, Yorkshire, on Thursday, February 22nd, 1968, the reverse happened – passengers on... more » February 24th 24/2/1945 Audrey Stewart – London While her husband was serving abroad in the RAF middle-aged blonde Audrey Stewart supplemented her married woman’s service allowance by going on the game in London’s Piccadilly area. She had a 30-shil... more » February 25th 25/2/1924 Vera Hoad – Chichester The rape of Vera Hilda Hoad, 11, was so violent before she was strangled that police believe her attacker’s penis may have been damaged in the assault. A hundred and fifty soldiers at a barracks near ... more » February 25th 25/2/1942 Beatrice Meadmore – London Who was the stranger who boarded an Aylesbury to Baker Street, London, train at Wembley Park on Wednesday, February 25th, 1942? He was aged about 30, of medium height, wearing a light-coloured coat, a... more » February 26th 26/2/1959 Amy Browell – Newcastle Robbery was the motive too for the murder of shopkeeper Mrs. Amy Browell, a 71-year-old widow at her general store in Newcastle, Northumberland, city centre on the night of Thursday, February 26th, 19... more » February 28th 28/2/1985 Constance Aris – Cheltenham Gloucester police are holding a single unidentified fingerprint taken from the house in Roman Road, Cheltenham Spa, where “Granny Aris,” as she was known locally, was murdered by an intruder. The prin... more »
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