SOLVEDListenMoston, Manchester (kidnapping/torture site); Werneth Low, Romiley, Stockport (murder site) · 1992
Suzanne Capper, 16, was kidnapped and tortured for seven days in Moston, Manchester, before being set on fire at Werneth Low in December 1992. She survived long enough to name her attackers before dying of her injuries. Six people were tried; four were convicted of murder.
SOLVEDListenCrumpsall Lane, Crumpsall, Manchester, UK · 2003
DC Stephen Oake, a Greater Manchester Police anti-terrorism detective, was fatally stabbed on 14 January 2003 while helping restrain Kamel Bourgass, an Algerian illegal immigrant wanted in connection with the Wood Green ricin plot, during an immigration raid in Manchester. Bourgass was convicted of Oake's murder in 2004 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
UNSOLVEDListenCrumpsall, Manchester, England · 1969
Isabella Skelton, a 35-year-old mother of three, vanished from her home in Crumpsall, Manchester, on 5 June 1969. No confirmed sighting of her has been recorded since. Following a family report in 2019, Greater Manchester Police launched an investigation, later treating the case as a murder inquiry; no charges have been brought.
SOLVEDListenJunction of Oldham Road and Queens Road, Miles Platting, Manchester · 1999
PC Raja Ahmed, a Greater Manchester Police motorcyclist, was killed on 31 August 1999 when Steven Draper, driving a suspected stolen car, deliberately rammed Ahmed's motorcycle into a busy road junction where he was struck by a lorry. Draper was convicted of murder in 2000 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The files run from 1960 to 2017. The 1990s hold the most, with 3 files. The oldest is Disappearance of Isabella Skelton, from 1969.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (6), domestic violence cases (1) and kidnapping and abduction cases (1).
3 files of the 7 have coverage attached: 4 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 3 creators. Georgia Marie, The Casual Criminalist and Emma Kenny have covered the most of them.
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7. By status: 1 unsolved and 6 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Disappearance of Isabella Skelton, from 1969. Open the file
Georgia Marie (1 case), The Casual Criminalist (1 case) and Emma Kenny (1 case).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 16, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
