Persons Unknown

21st March 1972, in hot rural Queensland it was sports day at North Mackay High. 14 year old Marilyn Wallman set off on her push bike just before 7.45am to catch the bus to school. The teenager never made it to the stop. Her two younger brothers, who had left the house 10 minutes later, found her bike discarded on the side of the road, 800m from home, its front wheel still spinning. Marilyn was nowhere to be seen and a grieving family’s decades-long quest for answers began.

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The Age
23/03/72
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Sydney Morning Herald
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The Canberra Times
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https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100910592

https://startsat60.com › Media › NewsNew person of interest in Marilyn Wallman cold case - Starts at 60

https://www.9news.com.au › nationalMarilyn Wallman: Farmer named as suspect in Queensland's oldest cold ...

https://brill.com › bookThe Legacy Of The Disappearance Of Marilyn Wallman Belinda Morrissey ...

https://www.emerald.com › full › pdfDead Ends The Vanishing of Marilyn Wallman

https://expressdigest.com › family-o...Family of murdered Marilyn Wallman plead for help in abduction case

https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au › ...Marilyn Wallman murder cold case: Police return with 3D laser mapping ...

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au › ...Record reward for information on Marilyn Wallman cold case

https://pressreview24.com/au/news/australia/-82686-somebody-knows-marilyn-wallmans-family-call-for-answers.html

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/ballina/farewell-for-marilyn-wallman-is-planned-for-her-birthday/news-story/45b0840193ce5f067c9370da9f4bc08

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/19/new-forensic-tests-show-remains-found-in-1974-are-those-of-missing-teenager

https://www.theage.com.au/national/suspected-mass-child-killer-is-buried-with-his-secrets-at-90-20020722-gduf0t.html

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/mackay/final-thread-needed-to-crack-enduring-cold-case/news-story/9ee49b67b4cfec5a82136b77955e6406?amp

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-06/search-continues-in-cold-case-of-missing-14yo-marilyn-wallman/5243052

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/mackay/dna-proof-finally-gives-marilyn-wallmans-family-some-solace/news-story/aab2cc3a2c8d03bf023d2838f47eadc4

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-11/family-pleads-to-find-marilyn-wallmans-killer-mackay-north-qld/9532640?sf184195987=1&fbclid=IwAR2cJ-vU36sIPy6cG0jnKSwGtrx30IGX_bxOAdS2ux00kZdVpquqM41-oSQ

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Kayo Matsuzawa had always wanted to travel overseas. In November 1997 she  finally got her wish and left her home in Japan for a year-long visit to Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island. Ten months into her stay, on 11th September 1998, the 29 year old flew to Auckland on the North Island for a short break. Kayo booked into a hostel and set out to discover what the country’s largest city had to offer. CCTV footage shows Kayo walking through the city centre just after 3.30pm. This was the last time Kayo was seen alive. Her body was found 11 days later in an obscure location.

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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/a-moment-in-crime-operation-net-the-murder-of-kayo-matsuzawa/6KV6FHC67QDNNMAW3XCWASZQBE/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/briton-gives-police-new-lead-to-killer-of-japanese-tourist/OO4HNG5FWSBDAMPMJX4KH3BQRY/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12107423&ref=NZH_fb&fbclid=IwAR1hE0xYY2WbVTzRb02R335SLNPw5upC5pdAq5Nrn4UBi7ndVqDMjw89ihg

https://www.police.govt.nz/stolenwanted/coldcase/2019/kayo-matsuzawa-1998?nondesktop

https://matthewtaylor.co.nz/tag/crime/ 

https://kreepykittysmurdermysteryblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/08/the-murder-of-kayo-matsuzawa/

https://newzealandmissing.wordpress.com/kayomatsuzawa/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/russian-man-at-centre-of-murder-hunt/KDR5NGN4OD34TCNKFWF5RFZM4A/

https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/herald-on-sunday/20070930/281651070734582

https://m.blog.naver.com/PostView.naver?blogId=inkaemperor&logNo=100109889172&proxyReferer=

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-have-new-suspect-in-japanese-tourists-cold-case-murder/OTQQPAGRE7CKLCUIA2NK4CVO2U/

https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/grimson-allan.htm

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Every Father’s Day the males in the Martin family would head to the Smoky Mountains National Park for a weekend of camping and hiking. The weekend of the 14th June 1969 was to be the first such trip for 6 year old Dennis, who was very excited about the little adventure. At the campsite Dennis, together with his older brother Douglas and two friends, decided to play a prank on the grown-ups. Dennis disappeared into the bushes, while the other boys went in the opposite direction, ready to jump out and surprise the adults. Douglas and their friends emerged as planned  but  little Dennis never did. He has not been seen since and the mystery has spawned numerous explanations and theories.

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/dennis-martin

https://darktales.blog/2020/06/04/the-disappearance-of-dennis-martin/amp/

https://www.grunge.com › the-unus...The Unusual Disappearance Of Dennis Martin - Grunge

https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/foia/upload/1969_GRSM_DennisMartin_dissapearance_REDACTED.pdf

https://www.thesmokies.com › feral-...Feral humans in the Smoky Mountains? What happened to Dennis Martin

https://drhpod.medium.com › the-wi...The Wild Men. The story of Dennis Martin, who went…

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/dennis-martin?format=amp

www.knoxnews.comFrom the archives: Search in Smokies for lost boy, Dennis Martin ...

https://www.knoxnews.com › localMystery of the Smokies: Why Dennis Martin's case still fascinates us

https://www.vizaca.com › dennis-ma...Dennis Martin Missing Case: What Is The Truth Behind The Story? - Vizaca

https://missingdennismartin.wordpress.com

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It was a damp August evening in 1925 when 21 year old Iris Watkins made her way to the post box at the end of the lane. The two letters that she posted made it to their destination the next day, but Iris never returned home. The small South Wales town of Blackwood became a hive of activity, with many locals joining in the search and the community full of rumours regarding what had happened to the young shop assistant. A little over a month later Iris’s body was found in a brook on the outskirts of the town, but that was just the beginning of the mystery.

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British Newspaper Archive
Dundee Evening Telegraph
14/07/1925
Dundee Courier
30/09/25
Western Morning News
30/09/25
Birmingham Daily Gazette
16/08/25
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Gloucestershire Echo
25/09/25
Western Mail
14/08/25
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Belfast Telegraph
29/09/25
Edinburgh Evening News
25/09/25
Daily Mirror
26/09/25
Sunday Post
27/09/25
The People
26/09/25
Nottingham Evening Post
28/09/25
Western Daily Press
28/09/25
John Bull
18/09/25
Hartlepool Daily Mail
23/09/25
Aberdeen Press and Journal
23/09/25
29/09/25
Shields Daily News
28/09/25
Daily News London
24/09/25
29/09/25
Northern Whig
23/09/25

http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=3674&termRef=Iris%20Watkins

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11396176.gwents-forgotten-past-history-reveals-rough-justice/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unsolved-1925-Murders-Pat-Finn/dp/1542373166

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The last official sighting of Yvonne Fitt was on 16th January 1992 when she signed on for benefits at the Bradford DSS offices. Following this the 33 year old single mother seemed to drop off the face of the earth. Over the late spring and summer of that year a few sporadic sightings of Yvonne were reported around Leeds and Bradford, sometimes in the company of an unidentified man. Then in September 1992 her body was found in woodland in the Yorkshire Dales, a half hour's drive from where she lived. Several murders have been linked to Yvonne’s and three convicted killers have been connected to the crime. As the thirtieth anniversary of Yvonne’s death approaches it’s not too late for her murder to be solved.

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https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/tragic-life-murdered-mum-dumped-18802869.amp

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17324751.amp/

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/are-these-women-linked-deaths-1973786

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17324751.hunt-yvonne-fitts-killer-goes-26-years/

https://reasonedcrimechronicle.com/an-approaching-30-year-anniversary-the-murder-of-yvonne-fitt-in-the-uk/

https://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/14428237.fresh-hope-for-unsolved-killings

https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/murderer-may-have-killed-before-6327512.html?amp

https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/23/majority-of-unsolved-murders-across-uk-involve-female-victims-14286904/

https://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/forensic-cases-murder-leanne-tiernan.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/confession-killer-christopher-halliwell-linked-20093964.amp

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It was a Saturday afternoon in October 1965 and 14 year old Elsie Frost spent it as she had many others before; sailing on Horbury Lagoon in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. At around four o’clock in the afternoon she moored the boat and said goodbye to her instructor to make her way home on foot. The teenager hadn’t gone far when she was attacked and murdered in a tunnel that passed under a railway line. For decades the case lay dormant but Elsie’s siblings never gave up hope and over fifty years later the case was re-investigated and a likely suspect came to the fore.

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British Newspaper Archive
Daily Mirror11/10/6512/10/65
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Birmingham Daily Post
11/10/65
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Reading Evening Post
12/10/65
10/03/66
Liverpool Echo
16/10/65
Ireland's Saturday Night
16/10/65
The People
17/09/65
Sunday Mirror
17/10/65
24/10/65
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
11/01/66
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Torbay Express and South Devon Echo
12/01/66

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/18/elsie-frost-inquest-told-likely-killer-went-on-to-and-other-girls

https://www.mintonmorrill.co.uk/site/blog/inquest/inquest-into-the-death-of-elsie-frost-now-concluded

https://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/Elsie-Frost/index.html

http://www.ghostinvestigationteam.uk/elsie-frost-murder-investigation.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6124821/amp/Chilling-letter-Beast-Wombwell-Peter-Pickering-ex-girlfriend-left-him.html

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/inquest-50-year-old-murder-elsie-frost-rules-teenager-was-unlawfully-killed-1303751

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DO+YOU+KNOW+ANNE%27S+KILLER%3F%3B+Police+reveal+Scot+is+prime+suspect+in...-a0102254648

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It was a rainy March evening in the Tiger Bay area of Cardiff. 41 year old Lily Volpert was sitting down to her evening meal when there was a knock at the shop door. It had been a long day serving customers but she didn’t like letting people down and besides, 1952 had been a tough year so far and every penny counted. She headed back into the front of her shop to see what was wanted. Twenty minutes later the well-loved and respected shopkeeper was found dead; her throat had been cut. So began a tragedy that has left an indelible stain on Welsh history.

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http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1112&termRef=Lily%20Volpert

http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/hanged-for-the-word-if/overview.html

https://www.thenational.wales/news/19556078.mahmood-mattan-last-innocent-man-hanged-wales/

https://tribunetimes.co.uk/news/my-grandad-was-wrongly-hanged-for-murder-the-real-killer-was-never-caught/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2234785.stm

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wife-last-man-hanged-cardiff-2201653.amp

https://www.academia.edu/24563692/Gender_Race_and_the_Death_Penalty_Lessons_from_Three_1950s_Murder_Trials

https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Hanged_for_the_Word_If.html?id=SsVEEAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

British Newspaper Archive
Western Mail
08/03/1952
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24/07/1952
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28/07/1952
20/08/1952
02/09/1952
04/09/1952

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Svetlana Stepanova was enjoying a leisurely walk to the beach with her sister and friend when in the blink of an eye the trio found themselves in a living nightmare. In a matter of seconds Svetlana was attacked and murdered, after lagging just a short distance behind her companions. The death of the 19 year old would would expose further crimes and bring to attention a terrifyingly bold serial killer who stalked the desolate waste grounds of the Russian city of Cherepovets during the mid to late 2000s.

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Translated from Russian

https://vologda--poisk-ru.translate.goog/news/kriminal/manyak-v-cherepovtse-kromsal-i-nasiloval-svoih-zhertv-neskolko-let-i-do-sih-por-ne-poyman?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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It should have been a happy day. The 28th November 1981 saw the  Lee family, celebrating the second birthday of their youngest daughter, Katrice. The Lees lived in West Germany as Richard, Katrice’s Father, was stationed there with the British Army. A party was planned later that day but first they needed some supplies from the British Forces supermarket. During the short trip the toddler was out of sight for a matter of seconds, but it was long enough for Katrice to vanish without a trace. What happened to her remains a mystery to this day.

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BBCKatrice Lee's dad angry over Boris Johnson Hartlepool meeting1 day ago

Disappearance of Katrice Lee: How the investigation has unfolded

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-never-give-up-search-25507505.amp

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/19746748.missing-katrice-lees-sister-appeals-information-two-years-swindon-home-searched/

https://www.sundaypost.com/news/scottish-news/killer-robert-blacks-chilling-link-unsolved-1981-abduction-toddler-katrice-lee/

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14497914.father-missing-katrice-lee-dismisses-robert-black-theory/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10007227/dad-katrice-lee-still-alive-37-years/amp/

https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/crime/robert-black-could-have-snatched-toddler-1239190?amp

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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/chilling-message-posted-bench-linked-26870910?fbclid=IwAR1DuxoyQhRD9OB60lHJ7JCLWoe4KSZrUBx1wL9XfyxuyDzrlc32u9htyFc

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10459795/amp/DNA-blood-tests-finally-solve-1997-murder-Billie-Jo-Jenkins-13.html

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A couple of days after Christmas 1888, seven year old John Gill got up early, as he did most mornings, to assist local milk man William Barrett with his deliveries around the area of Manningham in Bradford. It was an icy morning so John was wrapped up warm as the horse and cart trundled off and he waved goodbye to his mother. John was never to return. 48 hours later his mutilated remains were discovered in a stable close to his home. The young man who had stumbled upon the gruesome sight, immediately recalled the newspaper stories detailing five horrific murders that had occurred in the East End of London over the autumn of that year. He quickly sprinted for help yelling “Jack the Ripper has been!”

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British Newspaper Archive

Bradford Daily Telegraph
03/01/1889
04/01/1889
05/01/1889
06/01/1889
08/01/1889
09/01/1889
11/01/1889
12/01/1889
14/01/1889
18/01/1889
19/01/1889
25/01/1889
Hartlepool Northern Daily Press
29/12/1888
31/12/1888
Aberystwyth Observer
5 Jan 1889
South Wales Echo
31/12/1888
Freemans Journal
01/01/1889
South Wales Daily News
06/02/1889
Lloyds Weekly Newspaper
03/02/1889
Portsmouth Evening News
04/02/1889
Eastern Daily Press
06/02/1889
Glasgow Herald
12/03/1889
Batley Reporter and Guardian
13/04/1889

Websites

https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-murder-of-john-gill/

https://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/blog/blog-posts/the-bradford-murder-mystery-jack-the-ripper-up-north.ph

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15601386.amp/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178303745/john-gill

https://kpoulin1.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-murder-of-john-gill/

https://www.shortstories101.com/story/the-john-gill-case/amp/

https://wessyman137.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/manningham-cold-case/

https://crimeshop.org/tag/john-gill/

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jack-the-ripper-revealed-they-all-love-jack-bruce-robinson/amp

https://victorianripper.forumotion.com/t1032-murder-of-john-gill

https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoricCrimes/comments/4c09jr/the_ripperesque_murder_of_john_gill_1888/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.casebook.org/suspects/james_maybrick/maybrick.html

https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/james-maybrick.htm

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