#unsolvedmurder

Jessie Earl was a 22-year-old art student studying at Eastbourne College of Art and Design. Described as independent and strong, Jessie enjoyed reading and walking along the coast.

On 15th May 1980, Jessie rang her mother from a payphone on the seafront, she said she would visit on Friday. On Friday, when Jessie did not return home, her mother decided to go to Jessie’s apartment and see why she had changed her plans.

On 18th May, Jessie’s mother arrived at her daughter’s apartment and realised something was wrong- the place looked abandoned yet Jessie’s purse remained on the bed, the diary Jessie wrote in daily gave no indication she had gone anywhere. The police were called but no trace of Jessie or clues as to what happened to her could be found.

In 1989, a skeleton was discovered in undergrowth on Beachy Head, this was identified as Jessie’s body. The body was nude with a bra tied around the wrists, her jewellery was missing. A coroner claimed Jessie had committed suicide despite her parents arguing that she had no reason to and was not unhappy.

In 2000, Jessie’s death was classified as murder, however due to the original investigation being closed as a suicide, evidence had been destroyed including the bra which had been found, this prevented modern forensic techniques being used and was described as a ‘significant mistake.’

Serial killer and sex offender, Peter Tobin, was known to have been in the area of the murder at the time and Jessie had fit his victim profile however due to a lack of evidence from the crime scene no link could be found. Jessie’s murder was also linked to the unsolved murder of Louise Kays, who disappeared from Eastbourne in 1968, Louise also frequented the Beachy Head area. It was also speculated Louise was a victim of Peter Tobin, though no evidence could be found. Louise’s murder is unsolved.

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The mysterious Murder of Lord Darnley.

Mary had quite a dastardly relationship with Lord Darnley. He was regularly visiting male brothels in Edinburgh, he was plotting to overthrow her rule to promote his own claim to both the Scottish and English thrones and he had stabbed—which left to him murdering, one of Mary’s closet companions, David Rizzo, her private secretary, while he and Mary were dining together. Mary was keen to divorce him. When Mary met with her senior advisers at Craigmillar, they agreed to look into a divorce, but they might have privately realised that it would be much safer to murder him. If Darnley was dead he couldn’t carry on plotting against the queen. Although it is not certain that this was the case — it is plausible.

Going on with the theme of a planned murder, it is most likely that Mary didn’t actually know that the murder was to take place. Mary, according to sources that believe this to be the case, ‘didn’t want anything done which damaged her honour’ so her advisers concluded that if Darnley was to be slaughtered, Mary could know nothing of it.

Perhaps it was also insisted that Mary know nothing of the murder as the motives of the Lords at Graigmilliar became much bolder. In can be concluded, that within the time of the first discussion with Mary and the final murder of Darnley, they not only planned to murder the King Consort, but also the Queen, Mary. Despite most of Scotland being devoutly protestant, Mary was a catholic, this angered many, especially some lords in her court. If Mary were to die along with Darnley, her protestant son, James would succeed her. It’s also noted that some English noble-men were in on the murder of Darnley, most likely due to the fact that having Mary be killed, Elizabeth no longer had catholic threat.

Throughout all of the scheming Mary was still contemplating divorce and asked Archbishop Hamilton for papal help, but he eventually advised that it ‘could not be achieved on an acceptable basis’. It is most likely that Mary gave up on her quest for divorce, surrendering to the frightfulness of Darnley’s cunning and angry nature.

Lord Darnley had been staying in Glasgow, and on the realisation that Mary had to stay in the marriage, Mary convinced her husband to come back with her to Edinburgh—some historians suggest that Mary did this in order to make the murder of Darnley easier, although it is more likely that Mary wanted to keep Darnley under watchful vision (as he had the habit for plotting against her), which would be much more possible at her own court, and also due to the fact that having more children with Darnley strengthened her claim to the English throne.

But who was to kill Darnley? Well the answer is simple—james Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell, also known as Lord Bothwell, who would later become the third husband of Mary, queen of scots.

On the 10th February 1567, Lord Darnley was murdered at Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, in the Royal Mile, just a few hundred yards from Holyrood House where his wife, Mary Queen of Scots, and baby son, the future king James, were staying.

Darnley was recovering from smallpox or syphilis at this time, but he was completely ignorant to the fact that the cabinets of his lodgings were being filled with gunpowder.

The house had been completely destroyed and Darnley’s body had been found in the neighbouring garden. Historian Magnus Magnusson wrote of how Darnley’s body showed signs of strangulation and concluded that Darnley had been strangled to death before the explosion. It is possible that Darnley had either fled – or made an attempt to flee the burning house, but before being able to do so, he was strangled.

Bothwell was accused of the murder of Lord Darnley, but a detailed investigation on the matter did not take place. It can be assumed that Mary was persuaded against the investigation, possibly by some of the lords that did not want their own part of the conspiracy to come to surface. Mary and Bothwell were close – which is perhaps one of the reasons Mary did not also end up victimised by the scheme. Mary and Bothwell had even been spending the day together the day before Darnley’s murder. Due to Marys fondness for Bothwell, the charges were acquitted, is can be concluded that Mary truly believed Bothwell to be innocent.

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Patricia ‘Patsy’ Morris was a 14 year old school girl from London. She had one sister and two brothers and lived with her family in Feltham.

On 16th June 1980, Patsy was seen leaving school during her lunch break after telling her friends she was going home to change her clothes which had got wet in the rain. A witness saw Patsy just after noon near her home. Conflicting reports also stated Patsy may have been bunking off school as she had a double history scheduled for the afternoon, which was a class he did not like. The last sighting of Patsy was a witness report placing her at a bus stop near Hounslow Heath between 12.20pm and 12.40pm, this was the last time she was seen alive. Hounslow Heath was known to be dangerous and attacks on women were known to have happened in the area, though these were rapes and not murders.

Two days later, Patsy’s body was found on Hounslow Heath just a five minute walk from her home. Patsy’s clothing was disheveled, her underwear removed and tights were knotted around her neck. There were no signs of sexual assault but due to the way Patsy’s body was found the motive for her murder was likely sexual. A detective on the case told the media they felt another schoolchild playing truant may have key information. Shortly after the discovery of Patsy’s body, her father received a phoned death threat from a local caller with a local sounding accent, the caller was an unidentified teenage boy. At the time of the killing, police made no arrests and could not find any evidence for who had killed Patsy, the case grew cold.

In February 2008, police investigated a possible confession by serial killer Levi Bellfield who was said to have bragged about the murder to a cellmate while in prison for murder. Bellfield would have been 12 at the time, and attended the same school as Patsy, the two knew each other and he was her childhood boyfriend. Patsy’s murder occurred a year before his first conviction for burglary however Bellfield’s first known murder was not until he murdered schoolgirl MIlly Dowler in 2002, it has been speculated but not proven that Bellfield began killing earlier. Bellfield frequently played truant from school and was known to visit Hounslow Heath, where Patsy’s body was discovered. Former partners of Bellfield also told police that Bellfield hated blonde women and he targeted them in his attacks, some say that Patsy may have rejected him resulting in him murdering her and the start of his violent obsession with blondes. In the days following Patsy’s murder her family received a death threat from an unidentified teenage boy, Patsy’s father states he believes this was Bellfield. Police issued a statement in 2016 that they had exhausted all lines of inquiry and no evidence linked Bellfield to any other unsolved crimes.

Patsy’s death was also linked to other unsolved murders in the area including 16-year-old school girl Lynne Weedon in 1975, Elizabeth Parravincina in 1977, these two girls and Patsy were all murdered within 5 years of each other in the same area. The unsolved murder of 21-year-old Eve Stratford has also been linked as DNA had proven Eve was murdered by the same person who killed Lynne. According to a publication in 2015, Patsy was tied up in a similar fashion to Evem with tights being used to tie her hands behind her back.

Amanda Duffy was a 19-year-old college student from Scotland, UK.

Amanda had recently been called to audition at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, on 29th May 1992 she went out with her friends to celebrate. After the night out and in the early hours of the next morning Amanda went missing and failed to return home. She was quickly reported missing.

On the same day, Amanda's body was found near a car park. She was found lying on her back, naked from the waist down and covered in blood. Her body had been mutilated, branches and twigs had been inserted into her mouth, nostrils and genitals and she had died between 1.30 am and 1.30 pm from blunt force injuries to the head and neck, asphyxia and injuries to the anus and rectum. Amanda had multiple injuries including a broken nose, bruises and abrasions consistent with her head being stamped on and her jaw was broken in two places in what was said to be an attempt to prevent Amanda from being identified. The extreme violence and humiliation were noted by the pathologist who stated ''If someone was intending to kill the girl, they could have done it quite adequately without involving themselves in this type of behaviour. To insert twigs is more a way of abusing and degrading her in some way.''

20-year-old Francis Auld was quickly arrested and tried for murder. Witnesses had seen Auld with Amanda between midnight and 1 am. A painful bite mark on Amanda's breast matched Auld's dental features. Auld claimed he had left Amanda in the company of another male named 'Mark' who was never identified. A verdict of 'not proven' was found in November 1992.

In 1994, Auld was convicted of making threatening phone calls including telling one of them 'You thought Amanda was the last. Well, you're next, after Caroline.'

Amy Renee Mihaljevic was a 10-year-old American schoolgirl who was kidnapped and murder in Ohio in 1989. Her killer remains uncaught and her case open.On 27th October 1989, Amy was kidnapped from the Bay Square shopping centre in Ohio. The abductor had contacted Amy by phone and arranged to meet her to help her buy a present for her mother. Amy was never seen alive again.

On 8th February 1990, Amy's body was found close to the road in a nearby field. Evidence suggested that Amy's body was dumped there shortly after her abduction. Amy's body had yellow/ gold fibres on her body and several items were missing such as Amy's books, backpack, a binder and earrings which police believe the killer may have taken as trophies. Blood, believed to be Amy's, was found on her underwear suggesting she may have been raped. DNA from the crime scene was collected and sampled, it may be used in the future to find her killer.

The case generated thousands of leads, 20,000 interviews took place, and multiple suspects were given lie-detector tests. The search was the biggest in Ohio since 1951. Despite all of this Amy's killer was never found.In November 2006 it was revealed that other young girls had received phone calls similar to the one Amy had received, also offering to buy the girl's mothers a present. The girls who received these calls all lived close to Bay Village, some had unlisted phone numbers. Amy and the others who received calls had all visited the local Lake Erie Nature and Science Center which had a visitors logbook, it has been suggested the girls may have signed the book with personal information, names and phone numbers.