Another TV programme will this weekend study the destiny of Suzy Lamplugh, the London property agent who disappeared 35 years in the past and whose physique has by no means been discovered.
Most readers will likely be aware of the case, which has been a tragically unresolved disappearance.
Suzy disappeared in July 1986, aged 25. She labored for Sturgis and Sons, a London company, and was going to an appointment to satisfy a shopper – generally known as ‘Mr Kipper’ – in west London. She was presumed murdered and declared lifeless in 1994 however her physique has by no means been discovered, regardless of many tip-offs and searches.
The weekend’s programme – The Mystery Of Suzy Lamplugh, on Sky – contains historic footage from the time of the disappearance interposed with up to date interviews.
The former detective who led a later investigation into the agent’s disappearance, from the yr 2000, tells the programme: “I don’t suppose it’d occur as we speak. A younger lady like Suzy couldn’t disappear with out a hint. In this age of CCTV and cell phones there could be a footprint.
“The preliminary investigation was all paper-based, so numerous stuff was missed or not actioned – they had been inundated with data and had no method of managing it correctly.”
As has been the case with current programmes in regards to the thriller, there’s the suggestion of a ‘new’ witness – in this case recognized solely as ‘Ann’.
She apparently approached Dickie just lately and claimed {that a} male pal, who had since died, had repeatedly approached police to inform them he’d seen a person strolling alongside the towpath of the Grand Union Canal a number of days after Suzy disappeared.
Convicted assassin and rapist John Cannon – at present serving a life sentence for the homicide of a lady in 1987 – has been named as a doable suspect however he denies involvement.
Workplace security charity The Suzy Lamplugh Trust was arrange in her reminiscence by her dad and mom Paul and Diana in 1986.
The charity has been concerned in a sequence of highly-respected initiatives, many geared toward bettering the protection of lone feminine employees.
