A public inquiry into the investigation found the Metropolitan Police to be incompetent and institutionally racist. In 2006, thirteen years after their son’s murder, the family were still fighting for justice. Stephen s1e1, captions, ITV 2021
My son’s killers were identified 13 years ago within hours of his murder. Since then there has been three investigations; the law of double jeopardy was changed so that murderers could be retried; and still we’re sitting here with no justice. ibid. dad Neville
Well, they [Lawrence files] were just left there gathering dust. Not right is it? Case like this needs solving. ibid. Coogan
I’ve been through the files, ma’am. It’s a straightforward crime that I think we should be able to solve with a bit of common-sense coppering. ibid.
What is a mystery is why when there were clear grounds for arrest the senior detectives at the time waited two weeks to pick them up. ibid.
When your son has been murdered what does anything mean after that? ibid. Neville
The first investigation described it as a brief attack and that’s haunted us ever since. ibid.
I know we haven’t done much to inspire your confidence over the years but this is my case now. We’ve got a real chance here. The forensics have promised it. Stephen II, rozzer to mum
I can’t even begin to imagine the strength it must take to keep fighting all these years. ibid.
We found Stephen’s blood on Gary Dobson’s jacket. ibid.
The group converged on Steve. When I looked back I saw one of the guys had a weapon ran straight into him. Stephen III, Duwayne’s testimony
Like the judge said, we’ve got three killers still at large. ibid. rozzer
Mark Ellison QC found that the Lawrence family campaign was infiltrated and spied on by undercover police officers. Ellison also found there were reasonable grounds to suspect DS John Davidson of corruption, but no connection was proved between him and Clifford Norris. A National Crime Agency review found no evidence against Davidson. The Met closed the investigation into Stephen’s murder in 2020. The rest of the gang who killed him may now never face justice. ibid. captions
The racist murderers of a teenager have remained free for well over a decade. Could forensic science finally find the clues to bring the killers to justice? Cold Case Forensics: Murder of Stephen Lawrence, ITV 2023
Stephen Lawrence’s murder was a despicable crime that shocked the nation. But the investigation which followed was to cause more pain for the family and bring more shame on Britain’s largest police force. Stephen’s suspected killers remained free. ibid.
Angela and her team now had to explore the idea that there had been greater contact between the attackers and Stephen than first assumed. ibid.
‘An enormous amount of work was done on this particular case.’ ibid. Angela
LAZARUS, STEPHANIE: People Magazine Investigates TV - Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV - True Crime with Aphrodite Jones TV - True Crime Recaps 2022 -
This particular day she [Sherri Rasmussen] called in sick … John leaves for work at 7:20 with Sherri still in bed ... John leaves from work around 5:00 … He sees Sherri’s body on the floor … People Magazine Investigates s2e5: Once Bitten, Discovery 2017
The LAPD has a suspect within reach … One of their own … Their trump card: The DNA matching the bite-mark … She’d been holding this secret for years … ibid.
The policewoman suspected of murder … Los Angeles, June 2009: the moment a murder mystery is about to be solved. For the next seventy minutes detectives would interrogate Stephanie Lazarus about a cold-blooded murder committed more than twenty years earlier. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s3e10: Scott Peterson & Stephanie Lazarus, Discovery 2018
A pretty young newlywed found murdered with three shots to the chest. A baffling case goes unsolved for years until forensic science reveals the most unlikely of suspects. True Crime with Aphrodite Jones s3e5: A Bite, a Bullet & a Broken Heart, ID 2013
In 1986 the swab of Sherri’s wound wouldn’t have told detectives much, but in 2005 it might tell them everything because it has a sample of the killer’s DNA. ibid.
That profile belongs to a woman … John’s ex-girlfriend … The remaining suspect is an LAPD detective … a woman named Stephanie Lazarus. ibid.
One of those stranger than fiction stories … With no leads and no suspects Sherri’s file collected dust as it passed from detective to detective … It would take 23 years for breakthroughs and DNA evidence. True Crime Recaps: Stephanie Lazarus: LAPD Officer Murders Lover’s Wife! Youtube 19.07, 2022
A suspect who had been sitting under their noses the entire time. ibid.
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July 21st 1984: Danette’s [Elg] body is covered in blood; on her slashed deflated waterbed the sun beats down on her hurrying along the decomposition – she’s been there for days. She’s been slashed 15 times. True Crime Recaps: Chilling Story of Idaho Death Row Case, Youtube 7.16, 2023
Rick Leavitt: The local police knew him as a suspect in at least three sexual assault cases. ibid.
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On 31st May 2001, 22-year-old Charlotte Murray Pace had just graduated from Louisiana State University, and was looking forward to moving to Atlanta to begin a new career. But she had no idea that someone was watching her, and he had plans of his own. 32-year-old Derrick Todd Lee had already stalked and killed at least 3 women before he took away the future of the recent graduate. Lee would go on to kill another three women before DNA evidence finally brought and end to his brutal and heartless career of murder. World’s Most Evil Killers s6e7: Derrick Todd Lee, Sky Crime 2021
LEE, JAMES: see EBRAHIMI, BIJAN murder
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‘I’ve just come home and I’ve found my mother’s body in the dining-room. She’s wrapped in plastic and there’s blood going from the front door.’ Code-Blue: The Killing of June Fox-Roberts I, daughter’s 999 call, ITV 2023
November 2021: The victims is a 65-year-old grandmother. It appears to be a random but extremely violent crime. Her body has been dismembered. ibid.
June’s head and limbs have now all been found in bags in the house. ibid.
Another who’d come under suspicion, a 25-year-old art student called Luke Deeley who’s gone missing. ibid.
South Wales police have arrested 25-year-old art student Luke Deeley, who’d been reported missing. He’s refusing to talk. Code-Blue: The Killing of June Fox-Roberts II
Luke Deeley was remanded in custody and ordered to undergo psychiatric tests. ibid.