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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09/02/66
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Birmingham Daily Post
11/10/65
08/01/66
11/01/66
12/01/66
16/02/66
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
15/02/66
16/02/66
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
10/03/1952
15/03/1952
17/03/1952
01/04/1952
10/04/1952
17/04/1952
18/03/1952
19/04/1952
24/07/1952
25/07/1952
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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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

https://m-lenta-ru.translate.goog/articles/2021/04/17/maniac/amp/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

https://cherepovetc--820-my1-ru.translate.goog/publ/izbrannoe/vse_o_danilovskom_manjake_cherepovec/8-1-0-359?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

https://35media-ru.translate.goog/amp/paper--golos/2018/10/31/danilovskij-manyak-veroyatno-byl-komandirovannym-schitaet-byvshij-nachalnik-ugolovnogo-rozyska?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

https://cherinfo-ru.translate.goog/news/18565-danilovskogo-manaka-iset-vsa-strana?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

https://www-ural56-ru.translate.goog/news/670975/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

https://www-newsru-com.translate.goog/amp/crime/22jun2007/cherepovets.html?_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.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

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It was approaching 4.00am when a train pulled into Korsor station on the island of Zealand in Denmark. 17 year old Emilie Meng and her friends had been on a night out in a neighbouring town to celebrate the end of their 2016 summer exams. The two friends got into a taxi but Emilie decided to walk the short distance from the station back to her home. She never made it back and for the next six months her disappearance gripped the nation, with dozens of sightings of her across Europe. This story was not to have a happy ending and on Christmas Eve the family’s worst fears were confirmed and a murder investigation was begun. 

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• https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/unsolved-mysteries-the-abduction-and-murder-of-emilie-meng-c40db137b8e9
• https://reasonedcrimechronicle.com/the-unsolved-murder-of-17-year-old-emilie-meng-a-danish-tale/
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8465131/Swedish-journalist-dismembered-inventor-new-book-links-teenage-girls-death.
• https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/g2acoy/update_in_the_emilie_meng_case_possible_sightings/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Danish sites translated 

• https://www-tv2east-dk.translate.goog/drabet-paa-emilie-meng/mysteriet-om-emilie-meng-dag-for-dag?_x_tr_sl=da&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• https://www-bt-dk.translate.goog/emilie-meng-mysteriet/uhyggeligt-drab-i-island-pludselig-kaedet-sammen-med-emilie-meng-var?_x_tr_sl=da&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• https://www-nrk-no.translate.goog/nyheter/drapet-pa-emilie-meng-_17_-1.13060966?_x_tr_sl=da&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• https://www-dagens-dk.translate.goog/112/emilie-har-vaeret-vaek-i-fire-maaneder-her-er-politie

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16 year old Kevin Hicks vanished on a Sunday evening in March 1986 after going on an errand to the local corner shop. Two and a half years later 15 year old Lee Boxell disappeared on a Saturday afternoon, he was thought to be on his way to watch a football match. Both boys lived relatively close to each other in neighbouring boroughs of South London. Neither of the boys have been seen since and their families continue to search for the truth. In the last decade police have said they suspect foul play.

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https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/14976865.schoolboy-went-missing-30-years-ago-murdered-police-now-believe---20-000-reward-information/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4052178/amp/Schoolboy-16-vanished-30-years-ago-going-buy-eggs-murdered-say-police-offer-20-000-reward-new-information.html

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/kevin-hicks-ps20-000-reward-to-solve-mystery-of-boy-who-vanished-after-going-to-buy-eggs-in-croydon-a3424541.html?amp

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/14977602.Schoolboy_missing_for_30_years_was_groomed_before_he_was__murdered___detectives_believe/

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9036610.how-cheam-child-rapist-william-lambert-was-finally-caught-20-years-after-his-crimes/

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/disappearance-of-lee-boxell/

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/08/lee-boxell-disappearance-three-men-arrested

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9026382.st-dunstans-church-gravedigger-convicted-of-sex-charges-against-young-girls-in-cheam/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boy-died-trying-to-expose-youth-club-abuse-say-police-wq79mcj2l

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The murder of Father Alexander Men was one of the defining moments of the last years of the Soviet Union. One Sunday morning in September 1990 on his journey to lead Mass the 55 year old priest was struck down with an axe by unidentified assailants. Father Men was a much-loved parish priest, an influential theologian and somewhat of of a celebrity, but he had many detractors. The KGB, Russian Nationalists and conservative elements within the Orthodox Church have all come under suspicion for the murder. Despite fifteen confessions, one trial and numerous theories and conspiracies, the crime remains unsolved. 

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• https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/struck-down-orthodox-priest-alexander-men-also-struck-chord
• https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/peoplepill.com/amp/people/alexander-men
• http://www.alexandermen.com/Assasination_of_Father_Men
• http://www.alexandrmen.ru/biogr/english.html
• http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/1701/

Translated from Russian 

• https://m-lenta-ru.translate.goog/articles/2020/09/09/meny/amp/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/266547?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• https://www-miloserdie-ru.translate.goog/article/otets-aleksandr-men-30-let-so-dnya-ubijstva/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• https://www-svoboda-org.translate.goog/amp/28978316.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• https://24smi-org.translate.goog/celebrity/42160-aleksandr-men.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• https://ria-ru.translate.goog/20100909/273252837.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• https:/

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This episode deals with a crime committed against a child. Please exercise self-care when choosing to listen.

There was nothing that Vera Page loved more in the world than swimming at the Lancaster Road Baths, in  Notting Hill, West London.  The 10 year old was proud of her achievements in the pool, especially of the two certificates she had just been awarded. On Monday the 14th of December 1931,  Vera got home from school and headed two minutes down the road to her  Aunt Minnie's house to collect the certificates which she had left with her the previous day.  She was excited to show them to other members of her family.  Vera told her Mum she wouldn't be long.  She arrived at her Aunt's at 4.40pm and chatted briefly before leaving for home.  For whatever reason, Vera did not return straight home and instead walked past her house and continued to Portobello Road, a popular shopping area. She was spotted several times over the next couple of hours, but Vera never returned home.

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https://truecrimeengland.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/the-murder-of-vera-page/amp/

https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/vera-page/

http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1348&termRef=Vera%20Isobel%20Minnie%20Page

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/487292

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/03/the-mysterious-disappearance-and-death-of-vera-page/

https://truecrimediva.com/vera-page/

British Newspaper Archive

Dundee Evening Telegraph
16/12/31
10/02/32
11/02/32
Dundee Courier
11/02/32
Daily News (London)
17/12/31
17/12/31
24/12/31
06/01/32
07/01/32
11/01/32
25/01/32
12/02/32
Daily Mirror 
19/12/31
21/12/31
22/12/31
23/12/31
Sunday Mirror
20/12/31
24/01/32
Daily Herald
06/01/32
08/02/32
12/03/32
West London Observer
25/12/31
07/01/32Leicester Evening Mail
22/12/31
Ballymena Weekly Telegraph 
26/12/31
Reynolds Newspaer
27/12/31
Western Daily Press
01/01/32
Sunday Sun (Newcastle)
03/01/32
Belfast Telegraph 
04/01/32
05/01/32
12/02/32
Weekly Dispatch 
23/01/32
28/02/32
14/02/32
Northampton Mercury 
29/01/32
The People
17/01/32
31/01/32
Nottingham Evening Post
18/02/32
Graphic
20/02/32
Aberdeen Press and Journal
08/02/32
15/02/32
Sheffield Independent 
25/01/32
Derby Daily Tel

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