[Nicky91]

Suzy, 25, vanished while showing man called 'Mr Kipper' around Fulham house
1986 mystery was linked to several serial killers but nobody was ever charged
In 1994 she was declared dead presumed murdered, but remains were not found
Police hoping for breakthrough are searching John Cannan's mother's old home
Responding to tip body was put in pit in garage that was then filled with concrete

Police searching for murdered Suzy Lamplugh are today digging up a garden where the prime suspect's mother lived when the estate agent vanished 32 years ago.

Miss Lamplugh, 25, disappeared in 1986, having left her west London offices to meet a mystery client known only as Mr Kipper - who detectives believe was John Cannan.

Cannan is currently serving 35 years for the murder of Shirley Banks in 1987 but despite being interviewed three times a lack of forensic evidence and Suzy's missing body means he has never faced trial.

Today Scotland Yard's cold case murder squad is searching Cannan's mother Sheila's former house in the West Midlands - where her son had a habit of returning to after carrying out a major crime.

Detectives are investigating if he drove her from Fulham to Sutton Coldfield after abducting her and killing her before dumping her body in the mechanic's inspection pit in the family garage and filling it with concrete.

His mother Sheila left the property in 1992 and its current owners have given permission for police to pull down the garage, use radar to scan the grounds and dig it up. Both parties had nothing to do with the murder.

In 2002 a prisoner friend of Cannan's told officers he had learned that Suzy was buried under the patio there - but Scotland Yard is yet to confirm if they dug it up at the time.

Cannan is eligible to apply for parole in just four years after having his whole life term quashed by the courts and police are under increasing pressure to crack the case.

Suzy's bereft father Paul Lamplugh, who had Parkinson's disease, died with his three surviving children by his side in June, having spent the rest of his life searching for his daughter's body.

Ge was handed an OBE along with his wife Diana, who died in 2012, after the couple set up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust in memory of their beloved child to protect other women from harm.

They have set up a forensic tent in the garden and are examining an outbuilding, according to The Sun.

A team of a dozen officers armed with shovels and garden thoughts are thought to be conducting the search, with permission from the current home owners.

The search centres on the garage, amid fears Cannan but Suzy's body in a car-inspection pit which was then filled in with concrete.

They have dismantled the flimsy garage building and are poised to dig into the concrete foundations.

The grim search for Suzy's body took place only yards from a child's trampoline and other play equipment.

Ground penetrating radar is also thought to have been used on the area and the search is expected to last for several days.

The police are thought to be conducting a full scale investigation into her abduction and murder after receiving new information.

It is believed his mother Sheila, thought to be in her 80s, now lives in a different part of the country.

There is no suggestion she is involved in or knew anything about his crimes.
At the time witnesses had seen a woman struggling with a man next to a BMW, which Cannan was believed to have had access to.

In a rare move in 2002, Scotland Yard named Cannan as the man they believed murdered Miss Lamplugh.

He was released from a hostel only days before she went missing.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ts-mother.html

[Cherie]

I hope that finally this murder will be solved, so said that her Mum and Dad aren't here to see it happen

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I hope that finally this murder will be solved, so said that her Mum and Dad aren't here to see it happen

yeah, it has been unsolved for such a long time now

here in my country, you also have these unsolved cold cases, which they usually show us again on the dutch crimewatch, hoping for some leads which could solve these cases