Not sure where to put this, but this is quite the solve of a quite cold case.
A jury at Bristol crown court found Ryland Headley, then aged 34, guilty of attacking 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in June 1967.
Not sure where to put this, but this is quite the solve of a quite cold case.
A jury at Bristol crown court found Ryland Headley, then aged 34, guilty of attacking 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in June 1967.
Wow, the victim would have been 133 now if it was possible to live that long.
Both good police work and luck. I know from personal experience that in many cases it’s impossible to get usable DNA off of old evidence. Especially evidence collected before DNA collection was a thing.
He’s been sentenced to life in prison !