The Sudbury School Murders: 4 (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries)

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Police believe this is a contained incident and that there is no wider threat to the community. It's thought that all three people knew each other. Home Office post mortems for the two females are due to take place in the coming days. By far this is my favorite of the Captain Lacey mysteries. As the events were wrapping up at the end of the previous book, Lacey has accepted a position as assistant to the headmaster of an exclusive boys school in the country. But the city life continues to follow him in the form of that beloved dandy, Grenville. We also have opportunity to get to know more about the character of Marianne, the young actress who once lived above Lacey. Marianne has entrusted Lacey with the gift of her secret, as long as she keeps it from their mutual friend, Grenville. Grenville is beside himself since he elevated Marianne's circumstances, but she won't stay in the gilded cage he's built for her. Now Lacey finds himself caught in the middle between two dear friends. Initially treated as a missing person appeal, the death of Lillian Wright on April 17, 1980, has been investigated as a no-body homicide since 2004. That evening, 75-year-old Peter Stuart’s body was discovered in woodland close to the home. He had been stabbed multiple times and was wrapped in a piece of garden material. Her case was last reviewed in 2014. Dora Pratt was the victim of a burglary before she was killed in 1982. Picture: Suffolk Police

Despite having been seen walking down Burrows Road in the village to the newsagents and looking through its window, Linda did not enter the store. A person was tried for her murder after being arrested in 2001, before the jury returned a not guilty verdict and they were acquitted. She went to the front gate, but this is the last time she was seen. Diane was not reported missing for nine days. Six years later, on January 16 1967, the dissected body of 17-year-old Bernard Oliver was discovered in two suitcases in Tattingstone, Suffolk. Last year, Detective Superintendent Andy Smith, head of the Joint Norfolk and Suffolk Major Investigation Team, said officers were ‘not giving up on this investigation’. Karen Hales' house in 1993 and how it looked in 2014. Picture: Suffolk Police (40022107)

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Last year, Suffolk Police said they were making 'significant progress' in their investigation, after it was reopened in 2019 following fresh information. At around 2.20am, the pair separated just yards away from Victoria’s parents’ house but the teenager never made it home. The book shows how money and power corrupt, making the perpetrator certain that no one can touch or stop his or her schemes. And the issue that the age of the gentleman is coming to an end -- that birth will soon step aside for those with money, and those with money (new money) will be honored and fawned upon, while the impoverished gentry will fade into nothing. While this doesn't happen historically until after World War I (at least not in England), it's clear that even in the early 1800s, the start of this revolution has begun.

takes a post as a secretary at the Sudbury School in Berkshire, a school for sons of the wealthiest merchants and bankers in England. (...) ...puts a new strain on his friendship with Lucius Grenville. Meanwhile the intrigue surrounding the murder becomes as murky as the waters of the canal itself and puts Lacey and Grenville into deadly danger. » Doris had several people looking after, doing small errands for her. This was as a result of a previous robbery at her home only months prior to her death.

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To read more articles from The Chaucer Education Project, go online to chaucer.university and scroll down the right-hand column of Latest Articles. On January 20, 1961, Linda’s body was found in a field around 18 miles away in Polstead, having been strangled with her school scarf.

The force said detectives believe the three people were “known to each other”, describing it as a “contained incident, with no wider threat to the community”. The girl and her mother have not been formally identified by police.Karen’s partner had left for work earlier in the day, leaving Karen and her daughter alone in the house. A forensic officer could be seen placing what appeared to be cardboard into an evidence bag while a second, smaller, tent had been placed over some evidence on the pavement, where forensic markers could also be seen. He remained under investigation until recently but Suffolk Police said he will face no further action at this time. Bernard left his home, in Muswell Hill, London, on January 6, 1967, to go and see some friends, but failed to return. The judge said Jillu was a “loving and devoted mother” to Louise. He said Louise was a “happy and cheerful girl who inspired great affection in those who knew her”.