.jpg) The rural area north of Llanharry. The Tooze's farm (where they were shot dead) can be seen in the distance in the top left corner of the image. The killer would have travelled there using this road or on the other roads nearby. | |
  Tooze farm  Cardiff Murders of Harry and Megan Tooze (Wales) | |
| Date | 26 July 1993[1] |
|---|---|
| Time | 1:30 p.m.[2][3][4] |
| Location | Ty ar y Waun Farm in Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK[1][5] |
| Coordinates | 51°31′26″N 3°25′31″W / 51.52381800°N 3.42523700°W |
| Cause | Shot by a shotgun |
The murders of Harry and Megan Tooze, also known as the Llanharry murders,[4] were the high-profile killings of an elderly couple at their remote Ty ar y Waun farm near Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, on 26 July 1993. The couple were shot dead at point blank range with a shotgun in an execution-style killing, and their killer had attempted to hide their bodies in the cowshed of the farm. Their best china was found mysteriously laid out on the table in the farmhouse as if the couple were expecting a guest, and their lunch was found cooked but not eaten on the stove. It was described by the lead detective in charge of the case as the "most baffling" case he had investigated.
Jonathan Jones, the boyfriend of the Toozes' daughter, was initially convicted of their murders in 1995. His fingerprint had been found on one of the teacups. It was alleged that Jones had killed the victims for their £150,000 life insurance payment as he was in financial difficulty.
Jones' conviction was subsequently quashed a year later. The case remains one of Wales' most notorious unsolved murders.
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