Another eyewitness in the Cameron murder, Alan Decabral,[41] declined protection[42] and was shot dead in his car in front of shoppers through his open window in Ashford, Kent, on 5 October 2000 (some 6 months after Noye’s conviction). Police sources were in no doubt that Decabral was killed by a professional hitman.[43][44] Police sources also stated that Decabral had been … Read more
Frank McPhee (21 October 1948 – 10 May 2000) was a long-time Greater Glasgow–based crime boss.[1] Early life McPhee was born in Lennoxtown, Glasgow on 21 October 1948. His mother came from an Irish Traveller family, but adopted a settled life more typical of “Buffers”, or non-Travellers, as her family started to grow. McPhee and his five sisters knew how to speak Shelta, but … Read more
Andrzej Kunowski (29 March 1956 – 23 September 2009), known as the Beast of Mława (Polish: Bestia z Mławy), was a Polish murderer, serial rapist and suspected serial killer. A prolific sex offender in his native country, Kunowski later moved illegally to England, where he murdered 12-year-old Macedonian girl Katerina Koneva in 1997. Sentenced to a whole life order for this crime, he was detained at the HM … Read more
Richard Hunne was an English merchant tailor in the City of London during the early years of the reign of Henry VIII (1509–1547). After a dispute with his priest over his infant son’s funeral, Hunne sought to use the English common law courts to challenge the church’s authority. In response, church officials arrested him for trial in an ecclesiastical court on the capital charge … Read more
The 1987 Viking Sally murder was a homicide which took place on 28 July 1987 aboard the cruiseferry MS Viking Sally, en route from Stockholm, Sweden, to Turku, Finland. An assailant attacked two West German tourists, Klaus Schelkle (aged 20) and Bettina Taxis (aged 22), killing Schelkle and seriously injuring Taxis. In September 2020, Finnish … Read more
The oven homicide (Finnish: uunisurma) refers to the homicide of Hilkka Hillevi Saarinen née Pylkkänen (b. 1 November 1927 d. 23 December 1960),[1] in the village of Krootila in Kokemäki, Finland in December 1960. It is one of Finland’s best-known homicide cases, and the killer has never been officially identified. EventsHilkka Saarinen was last seen … Read more
Auli Kyllikki Saari (6 December 1935 – 1953)[1] was a 17-year-old Finnish girl whose murder in 1953[2] became one of the most infamous cases of homicide in Finland’s history. Her murder in Isojoki remains unsolved.[3] Background information Kyllikki Saari was last seen alive on late evening 17 May 1953.[4] She was cycling to her home [Möykky] from a prayer meeting, held in Kortteenkylä, Isojoki. It is … Read more
Sarm Joan Lillian Heslop[2] (born 19 December 1979)[3] is a British woman who went missing from a catamaran, moored in a bay off the western coast of Saint John, one of the United States Virgin Islands, in March 2021. She was last seen by a third party at a restaurant on 7 March, and was believed to have taken a … Read more
On 22 March 2011, Rebecca Coriam, a 24-year-old British crew member, disappeared while serving aboard the Disney Wonder, a cruise ship operated by Disney Cruise Line. She was last seen on CCTV in the crew lounge that morning, appearing distressed during a phone call. Several hours later, she failed to report for duty and could … Read more
In the early hours of April 1, 2006, Brian Randall Shaffer, a 27‑year‑old medical student at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, disappeared in Columbus, Ohio, United States. He had spent the previous night, March 31, having drinks with friends at a campus‑area bar to mark the start of spring break. He later became … Read more