Cases · Near Leeds
True crime cases near Leeds
35 documented cases within roughly 50 miles of Leeds, spanning the 1960s to the 2020s — 6 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Murder of Brianna Ghey.
Cases near Leeds
SOLVEDYorkshire murders (1975–1980)
1970sWest Yorkshire and Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Leanne Tiernan
2000sBramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire (abduction site); Lindley Woods, near Otley (body recovery site)
UNSOLVEDM62 coach bombing
1970sM62 motorway between junctions 26 and 27, near Hartshead Moor service station
SOLVEDMurder of Jo Cox
2010sBirstall, West Yorkshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Sharon Beshenivsky
2000sMorley Street, Bradford, England
UNSOLVEDKilling of Carol Wilkinson
1990sThornbury, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
COLDKilling of Elsie Frost
2010sRailway underpass near Horbury Lagoon, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
SOLVEDBradford murders
2000sBradford, West Yorkshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Star Hobson
2020sKeighley, West Yorkshire, England
UNSOLVEDKilling of Lindsay Rimer
2000sHebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Lesley Molseed
1990sRishworth Moor, off the A672, West Yorkshire
UNSOLVEDDisappearance of Claudia Lawrence
2000sHeworth, York, North Yorkshire, England
SOLVEDMoors murders
1960sSaddleworth Moor, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Sophie Lancaster
2000sStubbylee Park, Bacup, Lancashire, England
SOLVEDMurders of Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone
2010sAbbey Gardens, Hattersley, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Suzanne Capper
1990sMoston, Manchester (kidnapping/torture site); Werneth Low, Romiley, Stockport (murder site)
SOLVEDMurder of Kathleen Grundy and Other Patients by Harold Shipman
1970sHyde, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Raymond Codling
1980sBirch Services, M62 motorway, near Heywood, Greater Manchester
SOLVEDKillamarsh murders
2020sChandos Crescent, Killamarsh, Derbyshire
UNSOLVEDDisappearance of Isabella Skelton
1960sCrumpsall, Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Raja Ahmed
1990sJunction of Oldham Road and Queens Road, Miles Platting, Manchester
SOLVEDMurder of Stephen Oake
2000sCrumpsall Lane, Crumpsall, Manchester, UK
SOLVEDMurder of Kelly Anne Bates
1990sGorton, Manchester, England
SOLVEDManchester Arena bombing
2010sManchester Arena, Manchester, England
SOLVED2011 Stepping Hill Hospital poisoning incident
2010sStepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Anuj Bidve
2010sOrdsall Lane, Ordsall, Salford, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Aya Hachem
2020sKing Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
SOLVEDPottery Cottage murders
1970sPottery Cottage, Eastmoor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
SOLVEDKilling of Emily Jones
2020sQueen's Park, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDKilling of Gracie Spinks
2020sDuckmanton, Derbyshire, England
OVERTURNEDKilling of Wendy Sewell
1970sBakewell Cemetery, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Jenny Nicholl
2000sRichmond, North Yorkshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Brianna Ghey
2020sCulcheth Linear Park, Warrington, United Kingdom
SOLVEDMurder of Mi Gao Huang Chen
2000sScholes, Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK
SOLVEDMurder of Libby Squire
2010sKingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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