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140-548: Susannah Jane Lamplugh ( / ˈ l æ m p l uː / ; born 3 May 1961) was a British estate agent reported missing on 28 July 1986 (aged 25) in Fulham , London , England, United Kingdom. She was officially declared dead, presumed murdered , in 1993. The last clue to Lamplugh's whereabouts was an appointment to show a house in Shorrolds Road to someone she called Mr. Kipper. The case remains unsolved with Lamplugh still missing, and

280-697: A beautician on the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 . At the same time, Steve Wright , who was convicted in February 2008 of the murder of five women in Ipswich , was working as a steward on the QE2 . In 2008, the Metropolitan Police investigated whether Wright was connected with Lamplugh's disappearance, but this was not a strong line of enquiry and a senior police officer described the link as "speculative". Police investigated Wright's QE2 work records and found that he

420-462: A disclaimer to the book stating that the family did not recognise or accept his portrayal of Lamplugh. In the mid-1990s, speculation arose that Michael Sams may have murdered Lamplugh, as he had just been convicted of kidnapping an estate agent named Stephanie Slater in Birmingham . However, police found no evidence for the theory and discounted it, noting that Sams' crimes were likely influenced by

560-587: A Juvenile Facilities Study. The estimated number of 800,000 missing children reports has been widely circulated in the popular press. The United States' National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , mandated by the National Child Search Assistance Act , maintains its own "Missing Person File" to which local police report people for whom they are searching. The NCIC "Missing Person File" does have

700-480: A broken nose. A man said that he had seen a "couple arguing" between 2:00 and 2:30 p.m. in the area. There was then a sighting of Lamplugh driving her car erratically away from Shorrolds Road, arguing with the man in the car, causing the witness to swerve to avoid a collision. Lamplugh's white Ford Fiesta (registration B396 GAN) was sighted poorly parked outside a garage opposite 123 Stevenage Road, about 1 mile (1.6 km) away, by several witnesses at various points in

840-419: A call under duress to her workplace the next morning, stating that she was sick and would not be reporting to work that day. It is believed that she placed the call because Cannan had convinced her that he would release her unharmed. The call was the last message received from her before she was found murdered. Detectives on the reinvestigation team also believed that Cannan could have been responsible for taking

980-477: A car previously owned by Cannan that showed that Lamplugh had been inside the vehicle. The criminologist informed police that Cannan said that he had access to a red Ford Sierra at the time when Lamplugh disappeared, a fact about which police were previously unaware. Detectives attempted to find the car and discovered it in a north London scrapyard, allowing them to conduct DNA analysis upon it. Although these tests indicated that both Lamplugh and Cannan had been in

1120-576: A catastrophe ... [or] are missing under circumstances indicating their disappearance may not have been voluntary". In 2013, the NCIC entered 445,214 "EMJ" reports (440,625 in the EMJ category under the age of 18; but 462,567 under the age of 18 in all categories, and 494,372 under the age of 21 in all categories), and NCIC's total reports numbered 627,911. Of the children under age 18, a total of 4,883 reports were classified as "missing under circumstances indicating that

1260-426: A category that is entitled "Juvenile" or "EMJ" (for: Enter Missing Person – Juvenile), but that category does not reflect the total number of all juveniles reported missing to the NCIC, for whom local police are searching. The NCIC also uses its own classification criteria; it does not use the above NISMART definitions of what constitutes a missing child. The NCIC data is limited to individuals who have been reported to

1400-463: A choice of fees, most of which are either paid on an up front basis, or paid later on completion. Fees range from around £300 to £800. Estate agents who handle lettings of commercial property normally charge a fee of 7 to 15% of the first year's rent, plus the whole of the first month's rent. If two agents are charging 10%, they will split the fee between them. Estate agents selling commercial property (known as investment agents) typically charge 1% of

1540-454: A code of conduct, which includes regulations about looking after their clients' money and professional indemnity insurance in case of error or negligence. The Ombudsman for Estate Agents Scheme , which obtained OFT approval for the Code of Practice for Residential Sales in 2006 and as of December 2018, claims to have over 15,897 sales offices and 14,746 letting offices registered with TPO. There

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1680-496: A company conducting this currently is Matterport , who have created a camera that creates digital 3D models and VR floorpans and ultra HD photography. This has led to digital marketers being able to influence online behaviour in the property market through the use of a Web Portal . By using secure websites, marketers then have the ability to monitor the level of user activity and gain invaluable information to help sellers and estate agents to utilise their marketing and better appeal to

1820-402: A dark, left-hand-drive BMW parked near Lamplugh and in which she was seen struggling were afforded added significance when it emerged that Cannan owned such a car at the time, which he had used to commit crimes with a fellow inmate. Cannan did not have an alibi for the days after leaving prison and claims to not recall where he was at the time, despite having an impeccable memory of other events at

1960-732: A fee for a list of properties. All charges to tenants are illegal in Scotland. Otherwise, they are free to charge as they please in England and Wales. The first month's rent in advance plus a refundable bond (usually equal to one month's rent) is also generally required. Most residential lettings in the UK are governed by assured shorthold tenancy contracts. Assured shorthold tenancies (generally referred to simply as "shorthold") give less statutory protection than earlier, mostly obsolete, types of residential lettings. Shorthold tenancy agreements are standard contracts;

2100-415: A formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including

2240-589: A fraction of the cost of the traditional estate agency. Online estate agents claim that they can advertise a property as effectively as traditional estate agents by using digital marketing techniques and centralising their back office operation to one location, rather than having physical offices in the town in which they are based. Online estate agents normally cover the whole of the UK, therefore claiming to be able to reduce fees due to removing geographical boundaries that traditional estate agents generally have. Lastly, online estate agents often charge up front, instead of

2380-563: A limited search, but Lamplugh's remains were not found. In December 2002, one of Cannan's fellow prisoners told police that Cannan had said that he had buried Lamplugh under the patio of his mother's house in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands . In late October 2018, police searched the house. They dismantled the garage and began removing its concrete floor whilst also searching the back garden. On 12 November 2018, police announced that

2520-503: A link between the Banks and Lamplugh cases. It was also known that Cannan had joined a dating agency in Bristol weeks before he had murdered Banks, providing a false name of John Peterson, and had presented himself in a recorded video as a successful, smartly dressed businessman. The video remains publicly available. Metropolitan Police detectives travelled to Bristol to interview Cannan about

2660-426: A man calling himself Mr. Kipper. Her office diary recorded the details of the appointment as: "12.45 Mr. Kipper – 37 Shorrolds O/S" (the "O/S" annotation signifies "outside the property"). Three witnesses saw Lamplugh outside 37 Shorrolds Road between 12:45 and 1:00 p.m. A man walking home past the house saw Lamplugh at the gateway of the property at 12:50 p.m., and she seemed to be waiting for someone. Ten minutes later,

2800-446: A man inside the car and sounding the horn in an apparent attempt to attract attention. In his description of the incident, the witness stated: I came out of the park to be met by a BMW which tore across the road and came to a halt with somebody with their hand on the hooter, pressing it for a very long time. As I stood there I saw a blonde young lady. She looked as though she was laughing, or she could have been screaming. What worried me

2940-415: A man who said that he had seen a man resembling Cannan looking into the window of Lamplugh's estate agency on the day on which she had disappeared. Lamplugh had worked at a desk near the window, in part because the office believed that positioning an attractive woman by the window would attract customers. Some witnesses also emerged after police showed Cannan's 1987 dating video who positively identified him as

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3080-518: A man whom they had seen in Fulham that day. During the reinvestigation of the Lamplugh case, a mass of circumstantial evidence was uncovered that pointed to Cannan. It was discovered that Lamplugh had disclosed to relatives shortly before she disappeared that she had a new boyfriend from the Bristol area, where Cannan had moved days after the disappearance and from where his family originated. Lamplugh also told

3220-478: A managed referencing service. A reputable agent will also ask for an employment reference and a previous landlord reference to attempt to verify that the tenant can afford the rental on the property and that there were no serious problems with the previous agent. It is also essential that proof of identity and proof of residency are also collected and filed. Estate agents selling residential property generally charge between 0.5% (sole agency) and 3% (multiple agency) of

3360-464: A maximum penalty of €5 million for breaches of the specific anti money-laundering rules. Some estate agents are members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the principal body for UK property professionals, dealing with both residential, commercial, and agricultural property. Members, known as "Chartered Surveyors", are elected based on examination and are required to adhere to

3500-486: A missing person as soon as possible. This is in order to take immediate action in the vital first 48 hours after a person is declared missing. In these 48 hours, the police will be able to interview any eyewitness and get any suspect descriptions while it is still fresh in their minds. In most common law jurisdictions, a missing person can be declared dead in absentia (or "legally dead") after seven years. This time frame may be reduced in certain cases. In most countries,

3640-403: A nearby prison hostel outside HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs around the time of Lamplugh's disappearance. In 1980, he had raped and beaten his girlfriend when she tried to leave him, and he raped a shopkeeper at knifepoint in 1981. Cannan had been on day release from the prison in the months preceding Lamplugh's disappearance and held a job in the area as a porter . He was public school-educated and

3780-668: A new road or airport is to be built this can blight houses nearby. Equally, the closing of a quarry or improvement of an area can enhance prices. In advising clients on an asking price, the agent must be aware of recent sale prices (or rental values) for comparable properties. In the United Kingdom, residential estate agents are regulated by the Estate Agents Act 1979 as well as the Consumers, Estate Agents, and Redress Act 2007 . In September 2012 CPRs ( consumer protection regulation )

3920-420: A new team whose detectives were directed to determine whether Cannan could be eliminated as a suspect or implicated in Lamplugh's murder. The reinvestigations established that Cannan could not be eliminated and discovered more evidence that implicated him. The paper index cards used in the original investigation were computerised, and investigators learned that several estate agents in Fulham had been visited at

4060-508: A non-custodial parent). A child staying too long with a non-custodial parent can be enough to qualify as an abduction. During the year 1999 in the United States, there were an estimated 800,000 reported missing children cases. Of these, 203,900 children were reported as the victims of family abductions and 58,200 of non-family abductions. However, only 115 were the result of "stereotypical" kidnaps (by someone unknown or of slight acquaintance to

4200-555: A non-profit organization called Black and Missing but not Forgotten, which provides assistance in spreading awareness about a missing person. It has also been speculated by Kristen Gilchrist that, in Canadian news media, Aboriginal women receive three and a half times less coverage than white women. Their articles were found to be shorter and less detailed—with an average word count for white women of 713 compared to 518 for Aboriginal women—and less likely to be front-page news. Depictions of

4340-416: A relative shortly before she vanished that she was concerned about the man and was becoming scared of him. Despite being in prison in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham before the disappearance, Cannan denied ever having been to Fulham . Police disproved this claim, as Cannan was known to have had worked as a porter in the area at the time while on day release from the open prison. The witness sightings of

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4480-416: A sale is agreed upon, they can manage the chain of linked property sales using the software. Estate agency software will also help with property marketing by automatically distributing the property details to property portals. The latest technology has influenced the growth of Online Agents, and the property sector becoming more reliant on the use of technology to appeal to the consumer market. An example of

4620-486: A shop three weeks later after driving to the shop in his black BMW. He had also tried to abduct a woman the night before he had abducted Banks and had been visiting wine bars in Bristol to search for victims. He had held Banks hostage in his flat for 18 hours before killing her and dumping her at a site in the Quantock Hills known as Dead Woman's Ditch . Inside his dark BMW was found an imitation handgun , handcuffs and

4760-463: A smartly dressed man wearing a suit by the spot where her car was seen parked. By 3:30 p.m., Lamplugh's colleagues at the estate agency were becoming concerned that she had not returned. At 4:30, they travelled to 37 Shorrolds Road to see if she was there, but she was not. At 5:30, they called the police to report her missing . At 10:00 p.m., a police officer found Lamplugh's car parked in the same spot at which it had been sighted that afternoon, which

4900-448: A traditional agent, who would normally charge nothing if the property is not sold In February 2010 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced that a change in the legislation for estate agents has led to a shake up in the way homes are sold, allowing cheaper online agents to become more established than they could before. Intermediary estate agents and or property portals that are based in

5040-403: A very presentable young lady who came from a good family. Little doubt that Cannan stalked her, little doubt that Cannan viewed properties with her, that he observed her through the windows of the estate agents which probably drew him to go in and seek to view properties. I think that Suzy got into a row with Cannan on the day, he abducted her from the car, or made her get into the vehicle he had at

5180-622: A week, 95 percent within a month, 97 percent within six months and 98 percent within a year. In 2019, the KAP published a search in only 13 cases, the result of which was: eight alive, three dead, two still missing. The legal status of missing persons in Austria is regulated by the Declaration of Death Act ( Todeserklärungsgesetz ). Over 305,000 people were reported missing in Australia from 2008 to 2015, which

5320-433: A woman named Gilly Paige, with whom Cannan had been in a relationship after Lamplugh's disappearance, informed police that Cannan had spoken about the Lamplugh case and told her that Lamplugh was buried at Norton Barracks . Another former girlfriend of Cannan, Daphne Sargent, also believed Cannan to be responsible, saying: "As soon as I heard about Suzy, I knew it was John. It had all the hallmarks ‍ — right down to

5460-464: Is a dramatic absence of harmonized and systematic data collection, analysis and dissemination at all levels without which countries lack important evidence that informs national policies and responses. Missing Children Europe, the European federation for missing children, aims to meet this need. The CRM system is expected to have a clear impact on the way hotlines are able to work together and collect data on

5600-580: Is a legal requirement to belong to either organisation to trade as an estate agent. Agents can be fined if they are not a member of a redress scheme. The redress scheme was brought in alongside and to govern agents in reference to the HIP ( Home Information Pack ). A handful of national residential estate agents chains exist, with the majority being locally or regionally specialised companies. Several multi-national commercial agencies exist, typically Anglo-American, pan-European, or global. These firms all seek to provide

5740-489: Is a risk that the finds or their location may not be found a second time, they must be picked up and delivered to the nearest police station. In the United Kingdom, The Huffington Post reported in 2012, over 140,000 children go missing each year, as calculated by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) of the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency . Statistical information on missing persons in

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5880-548: Is believed to be Sandra Court, a 27-year-old office worker who was abducted and killed in Bournemouth in May 1986. In November 2001, police interviewed Cannan at a police station in York regarding Court's murder. He had been in the prison hostel at Wormwood Scrubs at the time but was allowed to leave the facility at weekends and had access to a red Ford Sierra , the same car that was tested in

6020-488: Is considered the world's biggest-ever missing person's inquiry. John Cannan (1954–2024), a convicted criminal responsible for the murder of Shirley Banks in 1987 and many other rapes , abductions and attempted abductions since his release from prison three days before Lamplugh's disappearance, was the only suspect in the murder of Lamplugh. In November 2002, the Crown Prosecution Service concluded that there

6160-454: Is estimated to be one person reported missing every 18 minutes. Around 38,159 missing person reports are made on average every year in Australia. Royal Canadian Mounted Police missing child statistics for a ten-year period show a total of 60,582 missing children in 2007. The file named Fichier des personnes recherchées (FPR) is a data collection of the French national police. It is also under

6300-569: Is facing a crisis of missing children. Every single month, we have approximately 150 reports of children who go missing. That is a crisis because we are only 2.7 million people." She said her organization would work with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) to recommend a model law to the Parliament of Jamaica . It has been estimated that 100,000 Japanese people disappear annually. The term jouhatsu refers to

6440-416: Is inadvertent (e.g. getting lost) or it is imposed on them (abduction/imprisonment). Reasons for disappearance may include: A common misconception is that a person must be absent for at least 24 hours before being legally classed as missing, but this is rarely the case. Law enforcement agencies often stress that the case should be reported as early as possible. In fact, it is extremely crucial to report

6580-647: Is increasingly recognized as a concern for national and international policy makers especially in cross border abduction cases, organized child trafficking and child pornography as well as the transient nature of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum. According to the UNHCR, over 15,000 unaccompanied and separated children claimed asylum in the European Union , Norway and Switzerland in 2009. The precarious situation of these children makes them particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses, rendering their protection critical, given

6720-458: Is no clear-cut distinction between countries of origin and destination in Europe. Trafficking in children has been perceived mainly in connection with sexual exploitation, but the reality is much more complex. Children in Europe are also trafficked for exploitation through labor, domestic servitude, begging, criminal activities and other exploitative purposes. In the report, UNICEF also warns that there

6860-779: Is offered by agents as a premium service. In the US property data is passed from the agents software by the RETS data feed schema. In the UK the INEA idx (information data exchange) data feed is being adopted by many software to receive sub (mls) property listings back. In both cases technology via MLS and idx means that sub agents collaborating can populate many more properties into their websites by working together. In Britain, no formal qualifications are required to become an estate agent; however, local property knowledge and customer-service skills are considered worthwhile. A humorous guide to estate agent language

7000-469: Is still missing to this day. Within the U.S., there are several organizations that bring awareness and equality to missing people of color, such as the Black and Missing Foundation , a non - profit organization founded in 2008. The Black and Missing Foundation 's goal is to provide resources to families of missing people of color and educate minority groups on personal safety. Additionally, Deidra Robey leads

7140-546: Is the European hotline for missing children active in all 27 countries of the EU as well as Albania , Serbia , Switzerland , Ukraine and the United Kingdom . The hotline was an initiative pushed for by Missing Children Europe, the European federation for missing and sexually exploited children. The Council of Europe estimates that about one in five children in Europe are victims of some form of sexual violence. In 70% to 85% of cases,

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7280-702: The International Commission on Missing Persons , the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece. People disappear for many reasons. Some individuals choose to disappear, for others disappearance

7420-420: The tax disc for Banks' car. Soon after Cannan was arrested, Banks' Mini car was found hidden in his garage, with a new, false number plate affixed reading "SLP 386S". Detectives later noted that the letters SLP could stand for Suzy Lamplugh and the number 86 for 1986, the year in which she vanished. The media began to note the likeness between Cannan and the photofit in the Lamplugh case, and speculated about

7560-515: The 116 000 European missing children hotline network, one in six are assumed to rough sleep on the run, one in eight resort to stealing to survive and one in four children are at serious risk of some form of abuse. The number of rough sleeping children across Europe is on the rise. These runaways fall into vulnerable situations of sexual abuse , alcohol abuse and drug abuse leading to depression. Runaways are 9 times likelier to have suicidal tendencies than other children. The Children's Society published

7700-458: The Aboriginals were also described by Gilchrist as more "detached" in tone. Some of the most widely covered missing person cases have been kidnappings of children by strangers; however these instances are rare. In most parts of the world, criminal abductions make up only a small percentage of missing person cases and, in turn, most of these abductions are by someone who knows the child (such as

7840-554: The EKIS as missing was between 400 and 500 at all times mentioned in 2015 to 2017. In 2017, 10,000 missing person reports were filed in Austria. As of May 1, 2018, 1,267 people had been reported missing, including 746 children and young people. Only 505 came from EU countries. In January 2019, 1037 people were recorded as missing in the EKIS, in January 2020 884 people. Between 2016 and 2019, 85 percent of missing persons cases were resolved within

7980-585: The Lamplugh case. A pay-and-display ticket proves that Cannan was in Bournemouth on the day that Court was killed. Court had been dropped off by a taxi driver in Throop, Dorset near her sister's house after a night out, but her sister was not at home. She was last seen walking barefoot, appearing slightly drunk, at around 2:45 a.m. Court's body was found the next day in a water-filled ditch several miles away. When interviewed, Cannan denied having been in Bournemouth on

8120-431: The Lamplugh case. The book, which was initially supported by the Lamplugh family before they read its draft versions, included several allegations about Lamplugh's sex life and personal life. Stephen suggested that Lamplugh might have been involved in prostitution . The book was widely labelled as salacious and false, and Stephen was accused of victim blaming . In an unprecedented move, the Metropolitan Police responded to

8260-468: The Lamplugh disappearance. When he was asked by detectives if he understood the significance of the number plate, he replied that it could be seen as a reference to Suzy Lamplugh, whom the detectives had not yet mentioned. However, Cannan claimed that he had chosen the letters for the plate at random. He claimed that he had bought the car from a "Bristol businessman" who was responsible for "the murders of Shirley Banks, Suzy Lamplugh and another girl " and that

8400-502: The NCIC as missing, and are being searched for, by local police. In addition, the EMJ category does not contain all reports of juveniles who have been reported missing to the NCIC. While the EMJ category holds records of some of the juveniles reported missing, the totals for the EMJ category excludes those juveniles recorded missing but who "have a proven physical or mental disability ... are missing under circumstances indicating that they may be in physical danger ... are missing after

8540-423: The U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention from 2002 comprehensively described missing children cases for year 1999. The study considered a child missing when the child's whereabouts were unknown to the primary caretaker, with the result that the caretaker was alarmed for at least 1 hour and tried to locate the child. The estimated number of "caretaker missing children (reported and not reported)"

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8680-453: The UK. According to the CIA out of the 800,000 people trafficked annually across national borders in the world, up to 50% are minors. The United Nations is operating a Commission on Missing Persons that serves as an international coordination center and provides also statistical material regarding missing persons worldwide. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement strives to clarify

8820-489: The US is provided by annual National Crime Information Center (NCIC) "Missing Person and Unidentified Person Statistics", annual AMBER Alert Reports (minors only) and a comprehensive 2002 NISMART –2 study (covering children missing in year 1999). AMBER Alerts are reserved for confirmed abductions, where the child is at risk of serious injury or death. In 2018, 161 such alerts were issued, concerning 203 children. Of those 161 cases, 23 were found to be hoaxes or unfounded (minor

8960-429: The United Kingdom have started to encourage UK and worldwide estate agents to collaborate by showing all their properties, thus allowing site visitors to see a vast array of UK and overseas properties all on one website. Research undertaken in 2007 said that the most effective way of selling property is via 'For Sale' signs, 28% of customers had seen the estate agent's For Sale signs before researching more in depth into

9100-422: The abuser is somebody the child knows and trusts. Child sexual violence can take many forms: sexual abuse within the family circle, child pornography and prostitution, corruption, solicitation via Internet and sexual assault by peers. In some of the cases, with no other available option, children flee their homes and care institutions, in search of a better and safer life. Of the 50–60% of child runaways reported by

9240-457: The achieved sale price plus VAT ( Value Added Tax ). Some agents may charge for additional marketing such as newspapers and websites; however, generally, the advertising is included in the fee. All fees must be clearly agreed upon and noted in the agency agreement before market so there is no confusion of additional charges. In July 2016, Which? found the national average estate agents fees to be 1.3%, although fees vary widely. Other than for

9380-556: The afternoon. However, her close friend Barbara Whitfield insisted she had seen Lamplugh driving north up the Fulham Palace Road in her car with a man at around 2:45 p.m. Whitfield waved to Lamplugh as she cycled south down the road, but Lamplugh was talking to her passenger and did not see her. As Whitfield was the only witness that day who actually knew Lamplugh, her sighting was afforded significant weight. A woman living at 139 Stevenage Road also reported possibly seeing Lamplugh with

9520-504: The book by defending Lamplugh's personal life and stating "our investigations revealed nothing more than that Suzy was a modern young woman." A highly critical review of the book in The Times asserted that Stephen had included a large amount of his own speculations on what he called Lamplugh's "quest for sexual fulfilment" because he needed filler material to add to the story. The Lamplugh family brought legal action and forced Stephen to add

9660-423: The car at the time and said that Cannan may have used it on the day Lamplugh disappeared. When interviewed about the disappearance of Lamplugh in 1988, Cannan had said that he knew a "Bristol businessman" who was responsible for "the murders of Shirley Banks, Suzy Lamplugh and another girl". Investigators believe that he was talking about himself, as he was convicted of Banks' murder. The other girl that he mentioned

9800-444: The car, indicating that someone else had driven the car. Police suggested that a black, left-hand-drive BMW vehicle may have been involved following an eyewitness account of a car of that description seen parked in Shorrolds Road. The man remembered seeing it because many cars in the road had been double parked , causing him some difficulty driving through the road. Another witness corroborated this account and said that he had seen

9940-402: The car, the Crown Prosecution Service felt that there was insufficient evidence to prove that both had been in the vehicle at the same time, meaning charges could not be brought against Cannan. Although he previously had said he drove the car often, Cannan subsequently changed his story and denied ever having used the vehicle, but the man who had lent it to him confirmed that Cannan had access to

10080-458: The champagne." In the years after Lamplugh's disappearance, police tested the DNA of 800 unidentified bodies and skeletal remains that matched her description. Lamplugh was officially declared dead at her parents' behest, exactly seven years after her 1986 disappearance, on 27 July 1993. She was presumed to have been murdered. In 1988, journalist Andrew Stephen published a highly controversial book on

10220-444: The cheapest properties, estate agent fees are generally the second most expensive component of the cost of moving house in the United Kingdom after stamp duty . High Street agents rarely charge upfront costs for selling, nor costs for aborting a sale and withdrawing a home from the market. So whilst other options are available to sell property with online agents they do often charge upfront fees with no guarantee of selling or perhaps

10360-447: The child, taking them a long distance with intent to murder or to hold them permanently or for ransom). The Wall Street Journal reported in 2012 that: "It is estimated that some 8 million children go missing around the world each year." The BBC News reported that of the children who go missing worldwide, "while usually the child is found quickly the ordeal can sometimes last months, even years." The issue of child disappearances

10500-413: The contents of her handbag in the pub, and stated the events were a clear indicator of stalking . Based on the evidence, the police began a search for Lamplugh's body. Investigators wanted to dig at Norton Barracks, where Cannan had allegedly told former girlfriend Gilly Paige that the body was buried and which was identified by an anonymous informant in 1999. The area had been significantly redeveloped in

10640-466: The costs if the situation was not caused by gross negligence, if there is a risk of death and if there is a reasonable chance of survival. A relatively large number of people are lost in Switzerland due to accidents in alpine sports. In the event of melting glaciers, the police have issued instructions on how to deal with the bodies: photograph the finds, mark them, write down the coordinates and, if there

10780-435: The customer, free of charge. If the seller does sell the property and complete the sale of their property to a buyer that was introduced by the estate agent, then the estate agent will charge anything from 1% to 3.5%, with the average in 2018 being reported as 1.42% including VAT and this is calculated based on the sale price of the property. Alternative estate agency models, most notably online estate agents, generally offer

10920-477: The dark-coloured BMW parked almost outside 37 Shorrolds Road. Witnesses also said that they had seen two white Ford Fiestas parked in Shorrolds Road that day. A witness emerged some time later with another significant sighting. The witness had offered information after the disappearance, but his account was dismissed at that time because he had described a blond-haired woman, and the police incorrectly assumed that Lamplugh had brown hair when she vanished. The witness

11060-515: The day in question but was proved to be lying because of the parking tickets discovered by police. When the Ford Sierra was discovered at the north London scrapyard during the Lamplugh reinvestigations of the early 2000s, two hairs were found inside that matched Court's DNA. However, the DNA evidence was not strong enough to bring a prosecution against Cannan for her murder. In 1982, Lamplugh had worked as

11200-422: The day on which she disappeared. Several hours after Lamplugh vanished, a woman identifying herself as Sarah phoned the pub saying that she had a message for Lamplugh, and she left her number. A man then phoned the pub claiming to be a policeman and asking if the pub had Lamplugh's diary and chequebook. The police confirmed the man was not a policeman, and it was not known who Sarah was. The landlord said that he gave

11340-724: The disappearance may not have been voluntary, i.e., abduction or kidnapping" (9,572 under age 21), and an additional 9,617 as "missing under circumstances indicating that his/her physical safety may be in danger" (15,163 under age 21). The total missing person records entered into NCIC were 661,593 in 2012, 678,860 in 2011 (550,424 of whom were under 21), 692,944 in 2010 (531,928 of whom were under 18, and 565,692 of whom were under 21), and 719,558 in 2009. A total of 630,990 records were cleared or canceled during 2013. At end-of-year 2013, NCIC had 84,136 still-active missing person records, with 33,849 (40.2%) being of juveniles under 18, and 9,706 (11.5%) being of juveniles between 18 and 20. 116 000

11480-399: The fate and whereabouts of missing persons when loss of contact is due to armed conflict or other situations of violence; natural or man-made disaster; migration and in other situations of humanitarian need. It is also supporting the families of missing persons to rebuild their social lives and find emotional well-being. Austria has a competence center for missing persons. The police records

11620-415: The full range of property advisory services, not just agency. Only a handful of large firms trade in both commercial and residential property. Estate agents' fees are charged to the seller of the property. Estate agents normally charge the seller, on a 'no sale, no fee' basis, so that if the property doesn't sell, then the customer will not pay anything to the estate agent and the agent will have worked for

11760-646: The high risks to which they are exposed. Most of these children are boys aged 14 years and over, with diverse ethnic, cultural, religious and social backgrounds mainly originating from Afghanistan, Somalia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea and Iraq. Among exploiters taking advantage of the children, are sometimes their own relatives who gain benefit in the form of social or family allowances. According to research done by Frontex, some types of threats faced by unaccompanied migrant minors include sexual exploitation in terms of pornography, prostitution and

11900-479: The high-profile Lamplugh case. Furthermore, Sams only had one leg, and no witness sightings of the man with whom Lamplugh was seen that day reported him walking with a limp or having only one leg. In 1999, an internal report by the Metropolitan Police criticised the handling of the original investigation and failure to further investigate John Cannan. A new reinvestigation was launched in the early 2000s with

12040-409: The inquiry and did not provide an alibi for his movements between 25 and 28 July 1986. In September 2001, Cannan was arrested again and questioned at a London police station, but he again provided no information that could eliminate him from the inquiry. Investigators believe that Lamplugh placed a mysterious phone call during the afternoon in which she disappeared. Three days before she disappeared, on

12180-557: The internet; economic exploitation including forced donation of organs; criminal exploitation including drug smuggling and child trafficking including forced marriage and begging. Criminal networks are heavily involved with human trafficking to the EU and this includes also exploitation of minors as manpower in the sex trade and other criminal activities. According to a 2007 UNICEF report on Child Trafficking in Europe, 2 million children are being trafficked in Europe every year. Child trafficking occurs in virtually all countries in Europe. There

12320-494: The intervening years, however, the Army having left the site in 1979 and investigators were not able to dig in the area because of the houses now standing there. Detectives considered the possibility that the SLP 386 S number plate that Cannan had attached to Banks' car could be an ordnance survey grid reference , as this would provide a location very close to Dead Woman's Ditch, where Banks

12460-713: The jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defence. On May 26, 2002, a monument to missing persons was unveiled in County Kilkenny , Ireland by President Mary McAleese . It was the first monument of its kind in the world. The founder of Jamaica's Hear the Children's Cry, child-rights advocate Betty Ann Blaine, asked the government to introduce missing-children legislation in Jamaica. She said in May 2015: "Jamaica

12600-400: The man was in a great deal of trouble. Cannan was known for masquerading as a Bristol businessman. When asked if the man was himself, Cannan provided an affirmative response but immediately recanted and ended the interview because he was overcome with emotion. Cannan was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Banks and for several other rapes, abductions and attempted abductions. He

12740-433: The market for sale by estate agents and became known as the "house for sale rapist". Twenty women were assaulted and raped in properties in the area, and no one was ever arrested for the crimes. Police suspect that Cannan was responsible for the crimes, which began as his marriage was failing. The rapes stopped in early 1980 when Cannan began a new relationship with a woman named Sharon Major. Detectives would later note that

12880-439: The matter. The complaint can be filed one year after an event that can be linked to a danger to life or five years after the last sign of life of the interested person. If the person found by the authorities is of age, they can only inform other people with her consent. Police search and emergency room costs are usually charged in part or in full to the applicants. Helicopter searches are particularly expensive. The insurance covers

13020-467: The media, supported the conclusion that a person's race and socioeconomic status impacted media coverage. He gave the kidnappings of Elizabeth Smart and Alexis Patterson as an example—when Smart, a young affluent Caucasian girl from Utah, went missing, the media coverage was worldwide. After several months of searching, she was found alive. In comparison, when Patterson, a young black girl from Wisconsin, went missing, she received only local news coverage and

13160-725: The missing person's data, which is stored in the Austrian Search System (EKIS) and (automatically) in the Schengen Information System (SIS). In 2016, a total of 8,887 cases were processed and stored in the EKIS. Of these, 6,322 cases involved EU citizens, except for 44 resolved, and 2,565 non-EU citizens, except for 264 resolved. As of October 1, 2017, a total of 1,300 people were reported missing in Austria: 349 were women, 198 of whom were minors; 951 were male, of whom 597 were minors. The number of EU citizens who were stored in

13300-422: The motivation a no-sale no-fee High Street agency will offer. Since around 2005, online estate agents have provided an alternative to the traditional fee structure, claiming cheaper, fixed fee selling packages. These online estate agents claim to give private property sellers the ability to market their property via the major property portals (the preferred medium used by traditional high street estate agents) for

13440-456: The need to try to find the person quickly, to assess how vulnerable the person is, and to search places that the person may have links to. Various charities exist to assist the investigations into unsolved cases. These include the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece. Some missing person cases are given wide media coverage, with

13580-446: The needs of their customers. In recent years agents have started working together again through systems similar to the USA called MLS (multi listing service). This is where a main agent will take on a property and send details via the most to other local (sub) agents. The sub agents will market and introduce applicants to the main agent. MLS can achieve more offers, sell a property quicker, and

13720-445: The news media has provided white individuals, particularly affluent women, more comprehensive news coverage than people of color . The authors have noted that while a correlation has been established, they have no clear causation . They suggest that the socioeconomic status or attractiveness of a child may also influence their chances of appearing in the news media. American journalist Howard Kurtz , best known for his analysis of

13860-548: The offences bore all of the hallmarks of Cannan's later crimes and also noted the similarities to the Lamplugh case. Cannan had appeared uninvited at a house that was for sale in Shorrolds Road days before Lamplugh was last seen, believing that the young female occupant was alone in the house. He acted strangely until the woman's husband appeared, causing him to quickly leave. After new reconstructions were shown on Crimewatch in 2000, including correct pictures of Lamplugh with blond hair, new witnesses emerged. The witnesses included

14000-488: The original witness statements. A year later, another search was conducted in Somerset at a location by a river that Cannan was said to have frequented. However, no remains were found. "My informed theory is that Suzy was stalked by John Cannan. He probably spoke to her, might even have taken her on a date. Suzy certainly fitted the profile of what John Cannan sought, in that she was blonde, attractive, worked at an estate agent,

14140-457: The owner of the house next door heard someone leaving Number 37 and saw Lamplugh and a man leaving the house and looking back up at it. This sighting was later the basis of an identikit of the unidentified male. The sighting of the pair standing outside the house was corroborated by another man who was walking past the property at around the same time. He noticed that the man was holding a bottle of champagne with ribbons around it. This sighting

14280-412: The paper upon which he had written the phone number to police, although it was later lost. The first call was placed well before Lamplugh's disappearance had even been reported, and it may have been Lamplugh making a plea for help or calling under duress. The man identifying as a policeman may have been Cannan. When Shirley Banks had been abducted by Cannan and held hostage in his flat in 1987, she placed

14420-460: The people in Japan who purposely vanish from their established lives without a trace. In the 1970s and 1980s, almost all South American countries were ruled for a long time by right-wing military dictatorships. Most of them violently suppressed the opposition, usually with the secret kidnapping of unwanted people by unnamed members of the security forces. While the families reported the disappearances,

14560-541: The police are the default agency for leading an investigation into a missing person case. Disappearances at sea are a general exception, as these require a specialized agency such as a coast guard . In many countries, such as the United States, voluntary search and rescue teams can be called out to assist the police in the search. Rescue agencies such as fire departments , mountain rescue and cave rescue may also participate in cases that require their specialized resources. Police forces such as Lancashire Constabulary stress

14700-454: The police reinvestigation had been excellent and thorough, but ultimately decided after four months of deliberations that there was insufficient evidence to charge Cannan with the murder. The police so strongly felt that Cannan was responsible that they proclaimed such during a press conference in November 2002. They also announced that all other possible suspects had been eliminated and that Cannan

14840-404: The problem of missing children. The British Asylum Screening Unit estimated that 60% of the unaccompanied minors accommodated in social care centres in the UK go missing and are not found again. In the UK these open centres, from where minors are able to call their traffickers, act as 'human markets' for the facilitators and traffickers who generally collect their prey within 24 hours of arrival in

14980-481: The properties. Searching for houses via the internet came in a close second (21%), with newspapers third at (17%). The fourth most effective way, and the most traditional, was customers visiting an estate agent's office (15%). In 2010 80% to 90% of properties were found via the internet and agents see fewer people walking into their offices. Boards are still very effective, but many agents are now cutting out paper advertising and moving just to digital such as eMags and just

15120-594: The property concerned. The term originally referred to a person responsible for managing a landed estate, while those engaged in the buying and selling of homes were " House Agents ", and those selling land were "Land Agents". However, in the 20th century, " Estate Agent " started to be used as a generic term. An estate agent is roughly synonymous with the United States term real estate broker . Estate agents need to be familiar with their local area, including factors that could increase or decrease property prices. e.g. if

15260-434: The sale price. The fees charged by residential letting agents vary, depending on whether the agent manages the property or simply procures new tenants . Charges to prospective tenants can vary from zero to £300 in non-refundable fees usually described as application , administration or processing fees (or all three). There are no guidelines for letting agents on charges, except that they are forbidden by law to charge

15400-506: The same day on which Cannan was released from the open prison nearby, Lamplugh had visited the Prince of Wales pub in Putney, which was also frequented by Cannan. While she was there, the contents of her handbag went missing, and after she left they were found by the landlord of the pub. The landlord telephoned Lamplugh to inform her and she arranged to collect her belongings at 6 p.m. on Monday 28 July,

15540-707: The search had yielded no evidence. In July 2019, a police search of land in Pershore , with the assistance of archaeologists, produced no relevant evidence. In August 2019, the Specialist Investigation Team was informed of the sighting of a man resembling Cannan dumping a suitcase in the Grand Union Canal on the day of Lamplugh's disappearance. However, this section of the canal was previously searched in September 2014 for an unrelated inquiry. The canal sighting

15680-478: The searchers turning to the public for assistance. The persons' photographs may be displayed on bulletin boards, milk cartons, postcards, websites and social media to publicize their description. A racial disparity between the American news media response when a white individual goes missing and when a black individual goes missing has been observed. According to Seong-Jae Min & John C. Feaster, throughout history

15820-418: The time by a man calling himself Mr. Kipper. Detectives believed that this had been Cannan seeking potential victims for abduction and murder. In the late 1970s and into 1980, during the final years of Cannan's troubled marriage to his wife June Vale, there had been a series of mysterious rapes in homes for sale in the West Midlands , where Cannan was living. The unidentified rapist specifically targeted homes on

15960-550: The time. Cannan's nickname in prison was Mr. Kipper because he wore kipper-style broad ties . In December 2000, Cannan was arrested on suspicion of Lamplugh's abduction and murder and interviewed at Hammersmith police station. Video footage of parts of the interview were later leaked publicly and are still available for public viewing. In the footage, Cannan says that there are "one or two things I haven't been caught for". Over five days of interviews, Cannan did not provide interviewers with any information that could eliminate him from

16100-496: The time. There then ensued probably quite a very heated row where he basically drove off abducting her. Where he went from there is a matter of conjecture." —Jim Dickie, 2015. Dickie was the SIO (senior investigating officer) on the Lamplugh reinvestigative team between 2000 and 2006. The Lamplugh case team concluded that there was significant evidence against Cannan to apply for a prosecution. The Crown Prosecution Service agreed that

16240-435: The vast majority of which were runaways from institutions. Furthermore, only an estimated 115 of 33,000 non-familial abductions were stereotypical kidnappings, involving a stranger or slight acquaintance, who holds the child for ransom, abducts with intent to kill or keep permanently. Data in the study was derived from a Law Enforcement Study, National Household Surveys of both Adult Caretakers and Youth (telephone interviews) and

16380-741: The victims were unjustly imprisoned, tortured and finally killed. In Argentina, they were loaded onto a plane and thrown into the sea. During the Argentina's military dictatorship (1976–1983) , almost 30,000 people disappeared in this way, permanently and without leaving any trace. According to a report by the Russian news agency TASS released in 2018, between 70,000 and 100,000 people go missing in Russia every year. About 25% of missing persons cases remain unsolved. The cantonal police are responsible for reports of disappearances, which do not have specialized sections on

16520-483: The web. Other methods included auctions (11%), word of mouth (3%) and leaflets (2%). Estate agents use estate agency software to manage their buying applicants, property viewings, marketing and property sales. Estate agents can use the software to prepare property particulars which are used to advertise the property either online or in print. They can also record the requirements of a buying applicant and automatically match them against their database of properties. Once

16660-418: The wording is generally available from legal stationers and on the internet for around £1.00, although most lettings agents will charge £30 to provide one. It is important that tenant referencing checks are in place prior to a tenant moving into a property. The credit check can be run using credit history data from Equifax, Experian or Call Credit (the three main UK providers) using an in-house website system or

16800-404: The world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. Criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and

16940-566: Was Dan, the combined would be an anagram of "kidnapper". Lamplugh's office manager revealed that a bunch of red roses had been delivered to the office by a mystery man just days before she had disappeared. Police released a photo of Lamplugh with dark brown hair, but she had tinted her hair blond on the Friday before she vanished. The initial investigation was conducted without computers, using an old-fashioned card-index system in which all leads were filed on approximately 26,000 cards. Because Lamplugh

17080-436: Was alone in the house, and acted strangely until the woman's husband appeared, causing Cannan to quickly leave. DNA evidence has also shown that Lamplugh had previously been in a car that Cannan owned at the time of her disappearance. Suzy Lamplugh was an estate agent working for an agency called Sturgis at 654 Fulham Road, London , who was reported missing after an appointment to show a house in Shorrolds Road, Fulham , to

17220-471: Was also convicted of the rape of a woman in Reading on the train line between London and Bristol, six weeks after his release from Wormwood Scrubs prison. The sentencing judge told Cannan "you should never again be at liberty outside of prison walls." Further interviews were conducted with Cannan regarding Lamplugh's disappearance in 1988, 1989 and 1990. However, he was not placed on an identity parade . In 1990,

17360-480: Was around 1.3 million, with about 800 thousand missing children estimated to have been reported. The 1,300,000 number is further broken down into approximately 33,000 non-familial abductions, 117,000 familial abductions, 629,000 runaway/thrownaway cases, 198,000 lost/injured, and 375,000 "benign explanations". By the time the study data were collected, 99.8% of 1.3 million caretaker missing children had been returned home alive or located. Only 0.2% percent or 2,500 had not,

17500-444: Was by another house for sale. The vehicle appeared to have been parked in haste, as the driver's door was open, the handbrake was not enabled and the key was missing. The car was parked poorly and was partly overlapping a garage. Lamplugh's purse was found in the car, but neither her own keys nor the keys to 37 Shorrolds Road were found. The driver's seat was pushed back to a position from which Lamplugh would not have been able to drive

17640-453: Was covered in the documentaries The Vanishing of Suzy Lamplugh and In the Footsteps of Killers . Estate agent "Estate agent" also remains the current title for the person responsible for the management of one group of privately owned, all or mostly tenanted properties under one ownership. Alternative titles are factor, steward, or bailiff, depending on the era, region, and extent of

17780-478: Was found dumped. Cannan was known to play such tricks with investigators, and it was believed that if his decision to dump Banks' body in Dead Woman's Ditch was intentional, the letters and numbers on the plate could have been as well. As a result, investigators searched the area, but Lamplugh's body was not found. In December 2000, police searched a brickworks near Norton Barracks that had been mentioned in several of

17920-488: Was how could she drive with what was going on? But it never occurred to me that it was a left-hand drive car. Lamplugh's boyfriend, a 27-year-old stockbroker , and her male flatmate were both questioned by police, but both had solid alibis with corroborating witnesses. Lamplugh's two-bedroom flat in Putney was searched, but nothing notable or suspicious was found. It was soon suggested in the press that if Mr. Kipper's first name

18060-420: Was insufficient evidence to charge Cannan, but police announced at a press conference their belief that he had murdered Lamplugh. Cannan claimed to know who killed Lamplugh and that the culprit was also responsible for the murder of Banks. He was known to have appeared uninvited at a house that was for sale in Shorrolds Road in the days before Lamplugh's disappearance, believing that the young female occupant

18200-591: Was introduced which now regulates the residential sales process. For residential property, there are also a few trade associations for estate agents, INEA The Independent Network of Estate Agents and NAEA Propertymark (formerly known as the National Association of Estate Agents). NAEA Propertymark members can be disciplined for breaches of their code of conduct. Their disciplinary process includes everything from cautions and warnings right through to more severe penalties of up to £5,000 for each rule breached, and

18340-411: Was jogging when he saw a car speeding south down Stevenage Road (the same road in which Lamplugh's car was later found abandoned) as he emerged from Bishop's Park into the road at the exit by Fulham F.C. 's Craven Cottage stadium. The car, which he noticed was a dark-coloured left-hand-drive BMW, suddenly stopped further down the road and a woman who matched Lamplugh's appearance was seen struggling with

18480-418: Was known for his ability to attract women. In the weeks before Lamplugh disappeared, Cannan had told inmates and workmates that he was frequenting wine bars in Fulham and had met a new "uptown" girlfriend named Susu. Lamplugh had visited some of the wine bars, including one located opposite from her office. Cannan also frequented a pub in Putney that Lamplugh visited on 25 July 1986, the same day on which Cannan

18620-442: Was later the basis of another identikit picture made of the man. Witnesses reported that they then saw the pair entering a car. The neighbour thought that the pair had been arguing before entering the car. Witnesses described the man as a white male between 25 and 30, with a dark complexion and with dark hair swept back. He was immaculately dressed in a dark charcoal suit, and was described as a " public schoolboy type". He may have had

18760-401: Was located in Belgium and had a confirmed alibi for the day of Lamplugh's disappearance, and his BMW had been in a garage in Belgium on that day. He was swiftly eliminated as a suspect. One year after Lamplugh's disappearance, detectives noted that the artist's impression of Mr. Kipper strongly resembled John Cannan , a convicted rapist (and later abductor and murderer) who had been residing in

18900-471: Was not missing), 92 were familial abductions, 38 were non-familial abductions and remaining 8 were runaways, lost, injured or unclassified. As of early 2019, 11 children were still missing and 7 were found deceased, with remaining children having been recovered. Notably, even though all states have operational AMBER program, 16 did not issue any alerts in 2018. National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART–2) study by

19040-407: Was only considered a missing person, known criminals in the area were not considered as suspects. Six months after Lamplugh's disappearance, a man informed police that he had discovered that a BMW that had been left abandoned in a road for some months was registered to a Belgian man known sometimes as Mr. Kiper, and detectives believed that this information was significant. However, the car's owner

19180-471: Was published by the BBC in 2002. Missing person A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident , crime , or death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of

19320-525: Was released from prison, three days before Lamplugh's disappearance. Cannan confirmed in 2021 that he had visited the bars and pubs. He often delivered roses to women as a romantic ploy and had told people that he was interested in buying a property in the area. In June 1987, Lamplugh's mother Diana said that she believed that her daughter was dead. In October 1987, 15 months after Lamplugh's disappearance, John Cannan abducted and murdered 29-year-old Shirley Banks from Bristol . He attempted to rape two women in

19460-420: Was the only suspect. The lead detective in the reinvestigations, Jim Dickie, stated that he was as certain as possible without conducting a formal judicial process that Cannan was responsible. The investigation was summarised in an ITV Real Crime programme in 2002. In 2007, a criminologist who had corresponded with Cannan revealed that the police reinvestigations of 2000–2002 had discovered DNA evidence in

19600-532: Was working on the ship on the day that Lamplugh disappeared, meaning that he could not have been responsible for her abduction and murder. In August 2010, police began searching a field off the B4084 between Pershore and Drakes Broughton , about three miles from the former Norton Barracks in Worcestershire where detectives had wanted to search in 2000. Investigators also returned to Norton Barracks and subjected it to

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