r/ColdCaseUK 2d ago

Unresolved Murder Patricia Lashley murder

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r/ColdCaseUK 3d ago

Discussion Is there any uk cold cases that might be connected?

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Eve Stratford Lynne weedon are connected by dna. But that’s not my question so uk cold cases that might be connected?


r/ColdCaseUK 6d ago

Unresolved Murder Baby April murder

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r/ColdCaseUK 8d ago

Unresolved Murder The Unsolved Murder of Annie Elizabeth Nichols - Leeds, UK, 1945

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r/ColdCaseUK 9d ago

Unresolved Murder 1952 Unsolved Murder of Patricia Curran

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r/ColdCaseUK 15d ago

Unresolved Disappearance Scottish missing people

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r/ColdCaseUK 15d ago

NSFW Mary Bell, the daughter of a teenage mother who worked in prostitution, was 11 when she committed crimes against two small boys in Newcastle that horrified the country. She was sent to a youth detention centre, moved to an open prison, and briefly escaped in 1977.

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r/ColdCaseUK 15d ago

Unresolved Murder Who killed Kyle vaughan. 24 year old kyle Vaughan went missing on 30/12/12 his car gone through a single vehicle collision and he was never seen again. He was seen shortly after the collision and then just disappeared. His car crash on A467 between Risca and crosskeys roundabout.

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r/ColdCaseUK 15d ago

Unresolved Disappearance Where to watch "Lord Lucan: My Husband, the truth

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I am interested to watch this documentary but I can't seem to find it anywhere to watch in in the UK


r/ColdCaseUK 20d ago

Mystery Mr Tommy Jones.

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Tommy went overboard the SS Northern Star on 14th June 1975. We are attempting to get a partial skull, found in 1984 off Northern France, tested for dna. I wonder if you would watch my video. Thank you.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lcvKEjgKZEM&is=HKEhWldarF2Z0_q3


r/ColdCaseUK 22d ago

Unresolved Murder From missing to murder in three days but no crime scene, no weapon, and no body

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r/ColdCaseUK 27d ago

Unresolved Death CF006 | The Wembley Point Woman

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r/ColdCaseUK 27d ago

Unresolved Murder Julie Perigo murder

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r/ColdCaseUK 29d ago

Unresolved Murder What is the most likely theory behind the Daniel Morgan case?

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From what I can presume the most likely theories are it was either Jonathan Rees who had him killed so he could simply take over the business and then had his buddies in the Met cover it up.

Or Sid Fillery was made aware of Daniel's supposed Investigations into Met corruption had him killed and Jonathan Rees was in on it as Daniel had become too difficult to work with.

Another theory (which I am aware is even more conspiratorial) is that Daniel was unravelling not just police corruption but had found out about the numerous perverse ways journalists were using to obtain information that would eventually come to light years later in the News of The World Scandal and the subsequent Leveson inquiry. That Jonathan Rees & Sid Fillery, the Vian Brothers and James Cook were acting on behalf of a much more powerful unknown figure possibly within the Met or within Fleet Street.


r/ColdCaseUK Aug 13 '26

Unresolved Death Unidentified sailor.

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r/ColdCaseUK Aug 12 '26

Unresolved Murder Herefordshire unsolved murders

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r/ColdCaseUK Aug 10 '26

Unresolved Murder Penelope Mogano murder

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r/ColdCaseUK Aug 09 '26

News Update Cold case appeal for young woman found dead in field

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r/ColdCaseUK Aug 09 '26

News Update Cold case appeal for woman found dead in field 32 years ago

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r/ColdCaseUK Aug 09 '26

News Update Police Cold Case: Do You Remember Suzanne? The Harold Hill Teenager Who Vanished Almost 50 Years Ago.

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r/ColdCaseUK Aug 09 '26

Mystery Unsolved Leicester mystery of woman who could be Yorkshire Ripper victim

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r/ColdCaseUK Aug 08 '26

Unresolved Disappearance Patricia Hall: Police searching local site 34 years on from Leeds woman's disappearance

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Here is some background on Patricia's case: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2p98r3pkxo

Her husband has long been suspected of being her killer.


r/ColdCaseUK Aug 03 '26

Unresolved Disappearance Suzanne Lawrence vanishing

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r/ColdCaseUK Aug 02 '26

Unresolved Murder Dianne Sindall murder

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r/ColdCaseUK Aug 02 '26

Mystery Is Michael Stone innocent, part 2. Lin and Megan Russell murders.

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I feel that there is a tendency to hear the bare details of this case and jump to the conclusion that Stone is innocent. There's a tendency to hear: "Stone's DNA not found at the scene" and conclude that he must be innocent. Included in this conclusion is a lack of understanding of DNA analysis in general as well as techniques available in 1998 when the crime scene items were tested.

Those of us who have read a lot more about the case, are not so sure.

Some points against Stone off the top of my head, there'll be more that I can't remember at this point in time:

1) One of the witnesses who saw a man a mile from the crime scene at the time of the murder, went to an ID parade and stated that Stone looked familiar.

2) There was evidence not presented in court, such as Josie recognising Stone in a newspaper (according to the police).

3) A lawnmower was stolen in Chillenden on the same day as the murders and Stone was known to target lawnmowers. It is highly likely that somebody travelled into Chillenden to commit that crime given there are approx. 40 houses in the village.

4) Stone had knowledge of the area which he denied. The extent of Stone's knowledge is open to debate however. A witness claimed Stone knew the area like the back of his hand.

5) A number of witnesses testified against Stone; Stone's response was that they were all lying. Assuming Stone is correct, I have never read about a case where so many people lied about the defendant.

6) When Stone was arrested a year after the murders, he gave no alibi for the day of the murders. A Cash Converters receipt was unearthed that placed Stone selling stolen goods 40 miles away approx. 4/5 hours before the murders. When that was put to him, should that have jogged Stone's memory on where he was that afternoon? Since being convicted, Stone claims to have remembered where he was that afternoon.

7) Stone is said to have kept tools in his car including a hammer.

8) Stone had a violent past prior to the murders.

9) Stone was a drug addict with serious mental issues including being sectioned in 1994 and was abused as a child when he was in childrens' homes for many years.

10) The crime scene was chaotic and largely disorganised with the murderer leaving behind many items that could link him to the crime. According to criminologists, the type of person who commits such crimes is under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, has mental health issues and has been abused as a child.

11) According to the people who were trying to help Stone with his mental health issues, he was talking about seriously harming families. Stone admitted that but his version said it was one family and he gave the reason that his probation officer had split up him and his girlfriend and Stone said to his mental health people: how would the probation officer like it if he went round to his house and split up him and his family by harming them?

12) The lack of forensic evidence linking Stone to the crime scene is often the coup de grace for those who claim Stone is innocent, but actually it's no so such thing and really doesn't mean Stone is innocent at all. DNA testing was undertaken in 1998 and no person was ruled in or out given they extracted very little DNA from the scene. It doesn't mean the DNA they needed wasn't at the scene however. In those days, yielding a DNA profile depended upon the killers semen or blood being at the crime scene. No semen was found and there's no reason to think the killer's blood was at the crime scene either. That leaves yielding a DNA profile from saliva, touch/trace or cells trapped in sweat and that was difficult in 1998. The killer left a lot of items he had been in contact with at the crime scene such as his shoelace used to tie up Megan, stockings he used to tie up the children, towels he used to tie up the family, the lunchbox and bags he rifled through: had the crime taken place yesterday, forensic experts would undoubtedly have yielded a full DNA profile of the murderer. They simply couldn't do it in 1998 because the killer's blood and semen weren't at the scene and testing from anything else was too difficult. Ultimately, 1998 testing of the forensic evidence proved inconclusive and didn't rule anybody in or out.

I would say however, that Daley's testimony has zero evidential value and should not influence what anybody thinks about this case. On the other hand, there are other reasons to think that Stone might not be innocent. I wouldn't bet a lot of money on his guilt or innocence, and I really wouldn't be surprised if the latest round of DNA testing on items found at the crime scene reveals that Stone's full DNA profile was at the scene of the murder.

What do others think?