25 long-form case files spanning historic investigations, institutional reform, political assassination, terrorism, major robberies, solved murders and unresolved disappearances.
Solved reflects a criminal conviction or established court outcome. Unsolved includes missing persons, cold cases and allegations not proved in court. Every new page separates findings from theory and links to sources.
University of Hull student Libby Squire, 21, disappeared in January 2019 and was found in the Humber Estuary nearly seven weeks later. Pawel Relowicz was convicted of rape and murder in 2021 and received life imprisonment with a 27-year minimum term.
Open case file →Zara Aleena was killed while walking home in Ilford in 2022. Jordan McSweeney pleaded guilty to murder and sexual assault and received a life sentence; the Court of Appeal later reduced his minimum term from 38 years to 33.
Open case file →Six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes died in Solihull in 2020 after sustained abuse. Emma Tustin was convicted of murder and Thomas Hughes of manslaughter.
Open case file →Milly Dowler disappeared while walking home in Surrey in 2002. Levi Bellfield was convicted in 2011 of her kidnapping and murder and received a whole-life order.
Open case file →Primary school teacher Sabina Nessa was murdered while walking through Cator Park in southeast London in 2021. Koci Selamaj pleaded guilty and received life imprisonment with a 36-year minimum term.
Open case file →Fusilier Lee Rigby was murdered in Woolwich in 2013. Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale were convicted of murder and received life sentences.
Open case file →Brianna Ghey was murdered in Cheshire in 2023. Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe were convicted of murder and received life detention sentences with long minimum terms.
Open case file →MP Sir David Amess was murdered during a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea in 2021. Ali Harbi Ali was convicted of murder and preparing terrorist acts and received a whole-life order.
Open case file →Six-year-old Rikki Neave was murdered in Peterborough in 1994. A reopened cold-case investigation and DNA evidence led to James Watson's 2022 murder conviction.
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Solved / AdjudicatedTwenty-two people were killed. Hashem Abedi was convicted of 22 murders and sentenced to life with a 55-year minimum term.
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SolvedMultiple murders led to Rose West's 1995 convictions and life sentence.
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SolvedThirteen murders and a major manhunt later scrutinized for investigative failures.
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SolvedA doctor convicted of 15 murders; a public inquiry later examined a far wider toll.
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SolvedFive young victims, two convictions and one continuing search for remains.
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SolvedIan Huntley's convictions were followed by national safeguarding reforms.
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SolvedSix murder convictions and unresolved questions about the full victim count.
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SolvedForensic evidence at a farm helped solve the famous 1963 mail-train robbery.
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SolvedA 2015 vault burglary led to multiple convictions and continuing asset recovery.
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Partly SolvedTwo convictions followed institutional failure and a family's long campaign for justice.
Read case file →SolvedWayne Couzens pleaded guilty to kidnapping, rape and murder and received a whole-life order later upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Read case file →Solved / AdjudicatedMP Jo Cox was murdered in Birstall in 2016; Thomas Mair was unanimously convicted and received a whole-life order.
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