Disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh

Disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh
Lamplugh with her hair tinted blonde, as it was on the day she disappeared
Born(1961-05-03)3 May 1961
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK[1]
Disappeared28 July 1986 (aged 25)
Fulham, London, England, UK
StatusMissing for 38 years, 3 months and 8 days; declared dead in absentia on 27 July 1993
OccupationEstate agent

Susannah Jane Lamplugh (/ˈlæmpluː/; born 3 May 1961)[2] was a British estate agent reported missing on 28 July 1986 (aged 25) in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom. She was officially declared dead, presumed murdered, in 1993.[3][4] The last clue to Lamplugh's whereabouts was an appointment to show a house in Shorrolds Road to someone she called Mr. Kipper. The case remains unsolved with Lamplugh still missing, and is considered the world's biggest-ever missing person’s inquiry.[5]

John Cannan, a convicted criminal responsible for the murder of Shirley Banks in 1987 and many other rapes, abductions and attempted abductions since his release from prison three days before Lamplugh's disappearance, is the only suspect in the murder of Lamplugh. In November 2002, the Crown Prosecution Service concluded that there was insufficient evidence to charge Cannan, but police announced at a press conference their belief that he had murdered Lamplugh.

Cannan claims to know who killed Lamplugh and that the culprit is also responsible for the murder of Banks.[6] He is known to have appeared uninvited at a house that was for sale in Shorrolds Road in the days before Lamplugh's disappearance, believing that the young female occupant was alone in the house, and acted strangely until the woman's husband appeared, causing Cannan to quickly leave. DNA evidence has also shown that Lamplugh had previously been in a car that Cannan owned at the time of her disappearance.

  1. ^ "Suzy Lamplugh: What do we know about the missing estate agent?". BBC News. 31 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ McGredy-Hunt, Graham (January 2012). Searching for Suzy. Lulu.com. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-4478-0425-3.
  3. ^ Batty, David (22 February 2008). "Police investigate 'link' between Wright and Suzy Lamplugh". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
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  5. ^ Stephen, Andrew (1988). The Suzy Lamplugh Story. London: Faber and Faber. p. 4. ISBN 0-571-15415-8. For the detectives, the routine police file opened on the evening she did not return - file FF584/1/54 - had developed into the biggest and most involved missing person inquiry in history.
  6. ^ Real Crime: Suzy Lamplugh. ITV (Television production). 12 September 2001.