Just days before Christmas 1959, the Edencroft Hostel in Birmingham became the scene of a shocking murder. Stephanie Baird, 29, was brutally killed by 27-year-old Patrick Byrne, a man hiding a history of stalking and violent sexual fantasies. The case revealed the terrifying progression from secret obsession to murder, leaving investigators to confront one of Britain’s most disturbing true crimes.

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Sources:

Ancestry
Belfast News-Letter - Thursday 25 February 1960
Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 11 February 1960
Birmingham Evening Mail Wed, 23 Mar 1960
Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 24 March 1960
Daily Mirror - Thursday 24 March 1960
Daily News (London) - Friday 25 March 1960
Newcastle Journal - Friday 25 March 1960
Sunday Express - Sunday 27 December 1959
Birmingham Weekly Mercury - Sunday 05 December 1999
Birmingham Murder Hunt, British Pathe