UK’s oldest cold case: Louisa Dunne’s granddaughter breaks silence as man, 92, convicted
The grandson of the victim, who has been thought to be the longest cold case for the United Kingdom to be resolved so far, mentioned the “far -reaching effect of his grandmother’s death.
75 -year -old Louisa Dunne died in June 1967 after entering Ryland Headley Bristol’s house and attacking him. So far, 92 -year -old, Avon and Somrset detectives for the DNA test of the original investigation after sending goods from the crimes 58 years after the crimes were convicted of rape and murder.
Mary Dainton, the mother of two, shared the grief that those who recognize her grandmother and lovers were not here to see justice.
“The death of my grandmother Louisa Dunne has a comprehensive effect throughout my family, Av “When my grandmother died, I was only 20 years old, and now I am almost the same age when she was killed.
“I have only one memory to meet my grandmother because of the family conditions. I was 14 years old and visited her in the hospital.
“My mother told me that Louisa’s house on the Britannia Road was a social and political place of activity,” he continued. “My grandfather Edwin Parker was a member of the Early Labor Party and loved my grandmother. Unfortunately, he died in 1945 and the social and political elements of my grandmother’s life went with him.”
Force shared a photo of Mrs. Dunne and Mr. Parker together.
Dainton continued: “Louisa’s brutal death had a great impact on my mother and her wider family. I don’t think my mother had recovered from her.
“People withdrew when they learned about the murder, including friends – there was a stamping of rape and murder of my experiences, so I rarely talked to anyone about it.”
Headley added that since he was accused, he has been struggling emotionally for people who are no longer alive and who could not see that justice was brought to Mrs. Dunne.
Avon and Somerset police had kept other judicial evidence to wait for Ms. Dunne’s clothes and progress in science. The case was re -examined in 2023 and Dunne’s blue skirt was determined for the test in May last year.
The DNA results matched Headley, who has been moved to Suffolk since the murder and was sentenced to imprisonment in 1977 to rape two old women.
The essay concluded that a pathologist died of asphaly due to drowning Dunne from a scarf and pressure on his mouth and was forcibly held on him.
Cyers were taken from the body -testing body for the semen, but scientific examinations were limited at that time.
Headley of Ipswich, Clarence Road rejected both charges, but was found guilty by the jury in Bristol Crown Court in the afternoon after nine hours and 53 minutes of negotiations. He didn’t give evidence.
Ms. Dunne, who had two widows and lonely and alone, was found by her neighbors in Terrace on the morning of June 27th. A woman was screamed hours before she was dead.
He used the front room as a bedroom and found a pile of old clothes. The police could not find any evidence that there was a violent struggle at home.
Headley will be sentenced to two crimes by Mr. Justice Sweeting, who told the jury for two crimes on Tuesday morning: “This was a situation in the eyes of the people.
“Certainly it contained many non -sad details. If you are called again for the jury service in the next 10 years, you have the right to reject.”
