5. Unsolved Cases

The joint Suffolk and Norfolk Unsolved Case Team was set up in August 2008 to investigate murders, missing people and serious sexual offences which have not be resolved and in some cases stretch right back to the 1960s.
  • 3 Jun 2016 Sylvia Stuart

    Sylvia and Peter Stuart were reported missing on Friday 3 June 2016. Peter's body was found close to their home in Weybread later the same day, but Sylvia has still not been found. A 43-year-old man...

  • 22 Aug 2009 Richard Clarke

    Richard Clarke, aged 73, died after being found collapsed on his driveway in Cranley Green Road in Eye on Saturday 22 August 2009.

  • Victoria Hall
    19 Sep 1999 Victoria Hall

    Victoria Hall went missing from Trimley St Mary on Sunday 19 September 1999, following a night out in Felixstowe. Her body was discovered five days later in Creeting St Peter.

  • Karen Hales; cold case
    21 Nov 1993 Karen Hales

    On Sunday 21 November 1993 Karen Hales was stabbed to death at her home in Lavenham Road, Ipswich.

  • Doris Shelley; cold case
    11 Feb 1993 Doris Shelley

    Doris Shelley died in hospital 11 days after she was attacked at her home in Martlesham, where she was found by a neighbour on Thursday 11 February 1993.

  • Jeanette Kempton; body found
    18 Feb 1989 Jeanette Kempton

    On 18 February 1989 the partially decomposed body of Jeanette Kempton was found in a ditch adjacent to the B1518 road at Wangford in Suffolk.

  • Edna Harvey; cold case
    28 Aug 1984 Edna Harvey

    On Tuesday 28 August 1984 Edna Mary Ann Harvey was murdered in her home on Finchley Road, Ipswich.

  • Diane Jones; cold case; murdered
    23 Jul 1983 Diane Jones

    Diane Jones was last seen alive at her home in Coggeshall, Essex, on 23 July 1983. She was later reported missing and her body was found in Martlesham three months later.

  • Dora Pratt; cold case; murdered
    9 Jan 1982 Dora Pratt

    Dora Pratt was found unconscious at her home in Ipswich on Saturday 9 January 1982. She had been struck on the head three times and died six months later.

  • 16 Jan 1967 Bernard Oliver

    The dissected body of London teenager Bernard Oliver was found in two suitcases in Tattingstone on 16 January 1967.

  • 16 Jan 1961 Linda Smith

    12-year-old Linda Smith was last seen alive in Earls Colne, Essex, on 16 January 1961. Her body was found in Polstead four days later.