MURDERS 1737-1995

A listing of incidents which were initially thought to be the illegal taking of life, or an attempt at such, whether the courts ultimately saw them as such or not.

Year Victim Location Result The suspect 1737 Thomas Morris High Beech Solved Dick Turpin 1797 Ann Grey Not solved Street 1802 Thomas Knight Waltham Although killed Abbey by another this matter does not appear to have been dealt with by the judiciary. 1802 Miss Buers Cut Throat Attempted William Clark Lane, murder solved. hanged at Broomstickhall Common. 1803 A Portuguese The Cock Inn, Lt. Storey prisoner of Highbridge censured war. Street 1917 Charles Sharp Sewardstone Solved. Charles Road, Edward Ward imprisoned. 1926 Christine Sewardstone Solved George Pavett Cordell Road, sentenced to 6 Sewardstone. months hard labour. 1927 PC George Stapleford Solved. Gutteridge Road, Not local, an Stapleford Officer Abbotts 1946 Kenneth Fairmead Not solved. Dolden Road, High Beech. 1952 The Whiten 55 Honey Solved. Not a family Lane. murder but directly linked to the infamous murder, by Bentley and Craig of PC Sidney Miles in Croydon. DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED 1969 Gerald Hawley Church Road, Solved Michael Muldoon sentenced to life imprisonment. 1969 Male Highbridge Attempted Street murder by shooting solved. 1970 Gary Hanlon Sewardstone Solved after 30 and Susan Road, years. Blatchford Sewardstone 1971 Female Highbridge Attempted Ex-husband Street murder, sentenced. solved. 1973 Rachael Woodredon Solved Sheana Mulhearne Hill Mulhearne 1974 Garett Defries Cross Roads, Solved. Ronald Defries High Beach Murder suicide [deceased] 1978 Female Milton Court Attempt by Husband spouse solved. committed to asylum. 1980 Patricia Fairmead Solved as Peter Swindell Malone Road, High failing to Beach arrange a burial/tell the coroner. 1981 Frederick Claypitt Hill, Solved. Derek Miles High Beach. Hopkinson and George Lomax sentenced to Life Imprisonment. 1983 Marie Payne Lodge Road, Solved Colin Evans Upshire. sentenced to life imprisonment. 1985 Barry Lewis Monkhams Solved Leslie Bailey Hall and others imprisoned for various terms. 1986 Robert Tucker Farmhill Road Solved. Simon Lundie sentenced. 1988 Rashid Abdur Fairmead Not solved. Road, High Beach. 1989 Judith Knight Claypit Hill, Solved Colin Goundry High Beach and Jason Atkins sentenced. 1989 Terry Lodge Road, Not solved Chief suspect Gooderham Upshire was reportedly and Maxine found Arnold murdered in what was said to be a gangland killing. 1990 Patricia Long Street, Not solved Parsons Upshire 1991 Female Milton Court Attempt by Husband spouse. returned to Solved. asylum. 1992 Brenda Howe Epping New Not solved Husband Road declared not guilty when the court did not accept the eye witness account of a child witness.

The discovery of Patricia ‘Lee’ Parsons in 1990