In January 1914, the industrial town of Wolverhampton became the backdrop to a baffling mystery when 24-year-old ship’s engineer Kent Reeks was found shot dead near a disused mine shaft — 90 miles from the Liverpool hotel where he had been staying. Just days earlier, he had arrived from Canada, carrying a large sum of money and travelling in the company of a mysterious man. This little-known true crime case follows Kent’s journey from Australia to England, the cryptic clues left in his wake, and the strange trail of money, ammunition, and unanswered questions that still surround his death.

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Sources:
Ancestry
UK and Ireland Incoming Passenger Lists 1914
The Birmingham Post Mon, 26 Jan 1914
Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 26 January 1914
Western Daily Press - Monday 02 February 1914
Evening Sentinel Tue, 10 Feb 1914
Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 10 February 1914
The Birmingham Post Wed, 11 Feb 1914
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 21 March 1914
Westerham Herald Sat, 28 Mar 1914
Manchester Courier - Wednesday 28 January 1914
Evening News (London) - Monday 16 February 1914
Detroit Free Press, 5 December 1916
Walter Reeks – Naval Architect, Yachtsman and Entrepreneur by Nicole Mays & David Payne