Cases · Near Birmingham
True crime cases near Birmingham
20 documented cases within roughly 50 miles of Birmingham, spanning the 1910s to the 2020s — 3 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Kidnapping and Murder of Lesley Whittle.
Cases near Birmingham
SOLVEDMurder of Thomas Bates
1960s196 Lee Bank Road (now Lee Bank Middleway), Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
SOLVEDMurder of Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare
2000sBirchfield Road, Aston, Birmingham, England
COLDKilling of Jacqueline Thomas
1960sAlum Rock, Birmingham, England
UNSOLVEDKilling of Helen Bailey
1970sGreat Barr, Birmingham, England
SOLVEDMurder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes
2020sSolihull, West Midlands, England
SOLVEDMurder of Shawn Seesahai
2020sStowlawn Playing Fields, Stow Heath, Wolverhampton, England
UNSOLVEDDeath of an Unidentified Woman in the Wych Elm (Hagley Wood, 1943)
1940sHagley Wood, near Wychbury Hill, Hagley, Worcestershire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Daniel Pełka
2010sCoventry, England, United Kingdom
SOLVEDMurder of Naomi Smith
1990sBretts Hall Estate recreation ground, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
SOLVEDMurder of Carol Wardell
1990sWeddington Road (A444), near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Céline Figard
1990sLay-by, A449, Hawford, Worcestershire, UK
SOLVEDMurder of Kayleigh Haywood
2010sIbstock, Leicestershire, England
SOLVEDMurder of the Lowe family
2000sTelford, Shropshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Gemma Hayter
2010sRugby, Warwickshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin
2020sA46 dual carriageway, Hamilton, Leicester, Leicestershire
SOLVEDKilling of Bella Wright
1910sGartree Road, near Little Stretton, Leicestershire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Colette Aram
1960sKeyworth, Nottinghamshire, England
SOLVEDKidnapping and Murder of Lesley Whittle
1970sBathpool Park, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England
SOLVED2023 Nottingham attacks
2020sNottingham, East Midlands, United Kingdom
SOLVEDMurder of Anna McGurk
1990sGloucester, UK
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