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  • Mayerling
    Superintendent
    • Feb 2008
    • 2762

    #451
    Originally posted by sdreid View Post
    Louisa Steele was also another significant 1931 British murder.
    If I am not mistaken the police knew who killed Louisa Steele, but the killer realized what the threatening piece (or lack of piece) of information was, and took care of it. So they could not bring him in as their official suspect for an arrest. I think his name was Percy Rush.

    Jeff

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    • sdreid
      Commissioner
      • Feb 2008
      • 4956

      #452
      Hi Jeff:

      I do know that a guy named Arthur Salvage confessed to killing Miss Steele but he was never charged so maybe police doubted his claim or thought that he was unfit to plead.
      This my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.

      Stan Reid

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      • GUT
        Commissioner
        • Jan 2014
        • 7841

        #453
        Originally posted by sdreid View Post
        Hi Jeff:

        I do know that a guy named Arthur Salvage confessed to killing Miss Steele but he was never charged so maybe police doubted his claim or thought that he was unfit to plead.
        I'm not sure that unfit to plead would do the job, they'd want him locked away. Unfortunately, for the police, a lot of people confess to crimes they haven't committed.
        G U T

        There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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        • sdreid
          Commissioner
          • Feb 2008
          • 4956

          #454
          I believe that Salvage was already in the mad house for killing a young girl named Ivy Godden.
          This my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.

          Stan Reid

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          • gallicrow
            Constable
            • Jul 2008
            • 96

            #455
            Salvage

            Some information about Arthur Salvage can be found here:
            WITH the disappearance into Broadmoor criminal lunatic asylum of Arthur James Faraday Salvage, a strange and ...

            I wonder when (if ever) he was released?

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            • Ghost
              Cadet
              • Sep 2014
              • 33

              #456
              Not a murder, but DB Cooper is fascinating.

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              • barnflatwyngarde
                Inspector
                • Sep 2014
                • 1141

                #457
                Originally posted by Rosella View Post
                I don't think I've read Goodman on the Foster mystery. What was his take on it?
                He favoured Ernest Brown, who apparently (apocryphally?) said from behind the hood as he stood on the trap that he "ought to burn" or "Otterburn".

                I read Goodman's book years ago, and was impressed by his research.
                I can certainly recommend it.

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                • sdreid
                  Commissioner
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 4956

                  #458
                  Originally posted by barnflatwyngarde View Post
                  He favoured Ernest Brown, who apparently (apocryphally?) said from behind the hood as he stood on the trap that he "ought to burn" or "Otterburn".

                  I read Goodman's book years ago, and was impressed by his research.
                  I can certainly recommend it.
                  Yes, it's a good read.
                  This my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.

                  Stan Reid

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                  • Tom_Wescott
                    Commissioner
                    • Feb 2008
                    • 6996

                    #459
                    Hi All,

                    I just saw on Amazon that a new book came out last month called 'The Phantom Killer' about the Texarkana serial murders. It promises a wealth of new information and insight. It's written by a Pulitzer Prize nominated historian, so it might actually deliver on that promise.

                    Yours truly,

                    Tom Wescott

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                    • sdreid
                      Commissioner
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 4956

                      #460
                      I'll put that one on my list.
                      This my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.

                      Stan Reid

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                      • sdreid
                        Commissioner
                        • Feb 2008
                        • 4956

                        #461
                        Well, no Phantom books at either of our area Barnes & Nobles but plenty of books about Manson. They must be gearing up for the 50th anniversary already.
                        This my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.

                        Stan Reid

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                        • Vincenzo
                          Constable
                          • Aug 2014
                          • 94

                          #462
                          The Original Night Stalker / East Area Rapist





                          40+ rapes and at least 10 murders from Sacramento to Orange County, California from 1976-1986. Vicious man, likely in his 50;s or 60's if still alive. They have his DNA profile.

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                          • sdreid
                            Commissioner
                            • Feb 2008
                            • 4956

                            #463
                            Originally posted by Vincenzo View Post
                            The Original Night Stalker / East Area Rapist





                            40+ rapes and at least 10 murders from Sacramento to Orange County, California from 1976-1986. Vicious man, likely in his 50;s or 60's if still alive. They have his DNA profile.
                            This case is recent enough that, I think, chances are, the perpetrator is still living.
                            This my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.

                            Stan Reid

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                            • Batman
                              Superintendent
                              • Jan 2013
                              • 2931

                              #464
                              I think he is dead. No activity from 86 onwards. I think he was a carrier criminal and was taken out by someone connected to the four-toed dog.
                              Bona fide canonical and then some.

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                              • sdreid
                                Commissioner
                                • Feb 2008
                                • 4956

                                #465
                                If he is still alive, he would probably be in his early 60s. By law of averages, he would still be alive but these sorts don't live average life spans I don't believe. I think I would come down the side that he is still alive though.
                                This my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.

                                Stan Reid

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