Suzy Lamplugh
(2021)(The first book in the True Crime Mysteries: Missing series)
A non fiction book by Marcus Brown and Netta Newbound
The disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh had many people following daily news reports with an obsessive fascination.
When she vanished in 1986, the main news channels and tabloids were the only source of information, unlike today where we can search the ins and outs of someone’s life and virtual rubbish bin from the comfort of our own armchair.
We connect with one another and share information in an ever-evolving way, resulting in the birth of an entirely new online community of home-grown detectives who are able to dig, delve and pick away at every single snippet of evidence and likely scenario, often going in a totally different direction to real detectives working cold cases.
But, unlike the real detectives who need actual concrete evidence in order to prosecute a suspect, the online community has a habit of naming and shaming, and, unintentionally no doubt, often hindering the actual investigation.
We presume the police force and detective agencies dread social media groups getting involved in their investigations in a similar way the medical profession get prickly when we all turn to Doctor Google as soon as we have a twinge or a sniffle.
But maybe these new online communities are the way forward.
Perhaps the law enforcement agencies should move with the times and place more faith in those with a healthy interest in solving true crimes.
Instead of dismissing anything other than their own methods as interference, maybe they should open their minds and pay attention to those investigators dedicating many hours to the cause and asking for nothing in return.
Back in 1986 there were no such online communities in existence. There was minimal computer usage and data, no CCTV, no mobile phone GPS, certainly nothing like today’s DNA database to study or fall back on.
Although the police now insist Suzy fell foul to serial rapist/killer, John Cannan, they haven’t yet managed to gather enough evidence for the CPS to authorise charges against him despite the fact he is currently serving a life sentence in prison for similar crimes.
However, the absence of a body and/or forensic evidence has prevented Cannan from being officially linked to Suzy’s disappearance.
Even a secondary investigation, which showed the initial police investigation was riddled with flaws, failed to turn up any substantial evidence against him.
Will we ever discover what really happened to Suzy Lamplugh?
In this series of Missing books, we will examine the evidence, the background of the victims as well as the suspects, and try to piece together what actually happened.
Please note, the findings in this book are mostly hearsay and speculation and by no means meant to form part of official opinion.
When she vanished in 1986, the main news channels and tabloids were the only source of information, unlike today where we can search the ins and outs of someone’s life and virtual rubbish bin from the comfort of our own armchair.
We connect with one another and share information in an ever-evolving way, resulting in the birth of an entirely new online community of home-grown detectives who are able to dig, delve and pick away at every single snippet of evidence and likely scenario, often going in a totally different direction to real detectives working cold cases.
But, unlike the real detectives who need actual concrete evidence in order to prosecute a suspect, the online community has a habit of naming and shaming, and, unintentionally no doubt, often hindering the actual investigation.
We presume the police force and detective agencies dread social media groups getting involved in their investigations in a similar way the medical profession get prickly when we all turn to Doctor Google as soon as we have a twinge or a sniffle.
But maybe these new online communities are the way forward.
Perhaps the law enforcement agencies should move with the times and place more faith in those with a healthy interest in solving true crimes.
Instead of dismissing anything other than their own methods as interference, maybe they should open their minds and pay attention to those investigators dedicating many hours to the cause and asking for nothing in return.
Back in 1986 there were no such online communities in existence. There was minimal computer usage and data, no CCTV, no mobile phone GPS, certainly nothing like today’s DNA database to study or fall back on.
Although the police now insist Suzy fell foul to serial rapist/killer, John Cannan, they haven’t yet managed to gather enough evidence for the CPS to authorise charges against him despite the fact he is currently serving a life sentence in prison for similar crimes.
However, the absence of a body and/or forensic evidence has prevented Cannan from being officially linked to Suzy’s disappearance.
Even a secondary investigation, which showed the initial police investigation was riddled with flaws, failed to turn up any substantial evidence against him.
Will we ever discover what really happened to Suzy Lamplugh?
In this series of Missing books, we will examine the evidence, the background of the victims as well as the suspects, and try to piece together what actually happened.
Please note, the findings in this book are mostly hearsay and speculation and by no means meant to form part of official opinion.
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