Cases · Near Birmingham
True crime cases near Birmingham
12 documented cases within roughly 50 miles of Birmingham, spanning the 1940s to the 2020s — 3 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Death of an Unidentified Woman in the Wych Elm (Hagley Wood, 1943).
Cases near Birmingham
- Murder of Thomas Bates1960s196 Lee Bank Road (now Lee Bank Middleway), Edgbaston, Birmingham, EnglandSOLVED
- Killing of Jacqueline ThomasYear on fileAlum Rock, Birmingham, EnglandCOLD
- Killing of Helen Bailey1970sGreat Barr, Birmingham, EnglandUNSOLVED
- Murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes2020sSolihull, West Midlands, EnglandSOLVED
- Murder of Shawn Seesahai2020sStowlawn Playing Fields, Stow Heath, Wolverhampton, EnglandSOLVED
- Death of an Unidentified Woman in the Wych Elm (Hagley Wood, 1943)1940sHagley Wood, near Wychbury Hill, Hagley, Worcestershire, EnglandUNSOLVED
- Murder of Naomi Smith1990sBretts Hall Estate recreation ground, Nuneaton, WarwickshireSOLVED
- Murder of Carol Wardell1990sWeddington Road (A444), near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, EnglandSOLVED
- Murder of Céline Figard1990sLay-by, A449, Hawford, Worcestershire, EnglandSOLVED
- Kidnapping and Murder of Lesley Whittle1970sBathpool Park, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, EnglandSOLVED
- 2023 Nottingham attacks2020sNottingham, East Midlands, United KingdomSOLVED
- Murder of Anna McGurk1990sGloucester, UKSOLVED
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