Master Detective December 2017

Master Detective December 2017

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In 1995 Britain was shocked by the murder of little Sophie Hook. “You are a fiend and your crimes are every parent’s worst nightmare come to pass…

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In 1995 Britain was shocked by the murder of little Sophie Hook. “You are a fiend and your crimes are every parent’s worst nightmare come to pass,” the judge told the killer Howard Hughes after his conviction.

Stepsisters Alice and Edna Rowley had been running their grocery shop in Sparkhill, Birmingham, for half a century and were well-liked in the local community. The pair had survived two world wars and never harmed anyone, but on the night of December 22nd, 1987 – 30 years ago this month – they were murdered by an unknown killer or killers. Police reckoned that the Rowleys had disturbed burglars, as Christmas presents and cash had been taken. Did the victims know their killer/s? The case remains open. Surely it can still be solved.

CHILLING CASE OF THE REAL “GONE GIRL”
A couple’s nightmare ordeal at the hands of an abductor – and the police

MD FORUM: “I AM NOT SOPHIE’S KILLER”
Accused child-murderer Howard Hughes pleaded from the witness-box…

PAUL DONNELLEY’S MURDER MONTH
More Murder Months

VIEWPOINT plus COMPETITION
More of your views and a chance to win a book

EUROPEAN CRIME REPORT
“Double Horror In Tinsel Town,” “A Nasty Shock For The Bridge Club,” “Nurse Suspected of Murdering 84 Patients”

MD’s CRIME QUIZ
Test your knowledge of crime in our fun quiz

MURDER IN YOUR VILLAGE: THE Edgefield Slasher
A frenzied killer on the rampage in Norfolk

SCOURGE OF THE UNDERWORLD – THE ELIOT NESS STORY: WAR AGAINST THE GAMBLERS AND BENT COPS
Ness takes on Cleveland’s Mayfield Road Mob

THIRTY YEARS AGO IN CRIME
More headline-making material from MD’s crime archives

THEY CAME TO WATCH THE HANGING: HANGED FOR A BALE OF HAY
A fight to the death between a cop and a former wrestler

SCOTLAND’S CLASSIC CASES: JEANIE’S GENTLE HUSBAND TURNED INTO A PSYCHOPATH
Was psychopathic Patrick Deveney fully responsible for his devoted wife’s murder?

US EXECUTIONS: THE FORGOTTEN DECADE: “I WOULDN’T MIND KILLING AGAIN”
A paroled sex maniac fulfilled his destiny with a horrific child-murder

WHO KILLED ALICE AND EDNA?
Unsolved murder of two Birmingham shopkeepers

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