# Man convicted in 1967 rape and murder case

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**Created:** [July 1, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-convicted-in-1967-rape-and-murder-case/1020328 "2025-07-01T02:37:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-convicted-in-1967-rape-and-murder-case/1020328/1 "2025-07-01T02:37:09Z")

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Not sure where to put this, but this is quite the solve of a quite cold case.

> **[Man, 92, convicted of murder in the UK’s longest-running cold case](https://apnews.com/article/ryland-headley-bristol-murder-britain-cold-case-7561c00c463de438d511128e5404d80c?user_email=c670f76b9ea3e4a287eac163aa636c2982b094e37632506fec6dbc1d27c6da2a&utm_medium=Afternoon_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=AfternoonWire_June30_2025&utm_term=Afternoon%20Wire)**
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> A 92-year-old man has been convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1967, solving the UK’s longest-running 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.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-convicted-in-1967-rape-and-murder-case/1020328/2 "2025-07-01T04:20:35Z")

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Wow, the victim would have been 133 now if it was possible to live that long.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-convicted-in-1967-rape-and-murder-case/1020328/3 "2025-07-01T06:14:32Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-convicted-in-1967-rape-and-murder-case/1020328/4 "2025-07-01T11:34:14Z")

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He’s been sentenced to life in prison !

> **[Ryland Headley: Cold case rapist and killer, 92, jailed for life](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24vvdp371jo)**
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> Ryland Headley, who was 34 when he raped and strangled Louisa Dunne, was told he will die in prison.