Cases · Near Manchester
True crime cases near Manchester
53 documented cases within roughly 50 miles of Manchester, spanning the 1930s to the 2020s — 9 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Murder of James Bulger.
Cases near Manchester
SOLVEDManchester Arena bombing
2010sManchester Arena, Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Raja Ahmed
1990sJunction of Oldham Road and Queens Road, Miles Platting, Manchester
SOLVEDMurder of Anuj Bidve
2010sOrdsall Lane, Ordsall, Salford, Greater Manchester, England
UNSOLVEDDisappearance of Isabella Skelton
1960sCrumpsall, Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Stephen Oake
2000sCrumpsall Lane, Crumpsall, Manchester, UK
SOLVEDMurder of Kelly Anne Bates
1990sGorton, Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Suzanne Capper
1990sMoston, Manchester (kidnapping/torture site); Werneth Low, Romiley, Stockport (murder site)
SOLVEDMurder of Raymond Codling
1980sBirch Services, M62 motorway, near Heywood, Greater Manchester
SOLVED2011 Stepping Hill Hospital poisoning incident
2010sStepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Kathleen Grundy and Other Patients by Harold Shipman
1970sHyde, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurders of Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone
2010sAbbey Gardens, Hattersley, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDKilling of Emily Jones
2020sQueen's Park, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDMoors murders
1960sSaddleworth Moor, Greater Manchester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Brianna Ghey
2020sCulcheth Linear Park, Warrington, United Kingdom
SOLVEDMurder of Lesley Molseed
1990sRishworth Moor, off the A672, West Yorkshire
SOLVEDMurder of Garry Newlove
2000sStation Road North, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, UK
SOLVEDMurder of Shafilea Ahmed
2000sGreat Sankey, Warrington, England (disappearance location); remains found near Sedgwick, Cumbria
SOLVEDMurder of Sophie Lancaster
2000sStubbylee Park, Bacup, Lancashire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Mi Gao Huang Chen
2000sScholes, Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK
UNSOLVEDKilling of Lindsay Rimer
2000sHebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Aya Hachem
2020sKing Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
SOLVEDKnowsley Hall shootings
1950sKnowsley Hall, Merseyside, England
SOLVEDMurder of Anthony Walker
2000sMcGoldrick Park, Huyton, Merseyside, England
SOLVEDMurder of Rhys Jones
2000sFir Tree pub car park, Croxteth Park estate, Croxteth, Liverpool
SOLVEDMurder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel
2020sKingsheath Avenue, Dovecot, Liverpool, England
UNSOLVEDKilling of the Ormesher Sisters
1950sAsmall Lane, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
SOLVEDKidnapping and Murder of Lesley Whittle
1970sBathpool Park, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England
SOLVEDBradford murders
2000sBradford, West Yorkshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Jo Cox
2010sBirstall, West Yorkshire, England
UNSOLVEDKilling of Julia Wallace
1930s29 Wolverton Street, Anfield, Liverpool
SOLVEDMurder of Sharon Beshenivsky
2000sMorley Street, Bradford, England
SOLVEDMurder of James Bulger
1990sNew Strand Shopping Centre area, Bootle, Merseyside
UNSOLVEDM62 coach bombing
1970sM62 motorway between junctions 26 and 27, near Hartshead Moor service station
OVERTURNEDKilling of Wendy Sewell
1970sBakewell Cemetery, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Francesca Bimpson
2000sEverton, Liverpool, England
SOLVEDMurder of Star Hobson
2020sKeighley, West Yorkshire, England
UNSOLVEDKilling of Carol Wilkinson
1990sThornbury, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
SOLVEDMurder of Ava White
2020sNear the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
SOLVEDMurder of Michael Causer
1980sLiverpool, England, United Kingdom
SOLVEDMurder of Cynthia Bolshaw
1980sMerseyside, England (approximate location)
OVERTURNEDWrongful conviction of Peter Sullivan
1980sFearnley Road, off Borough Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside
UNSOLVEDKilling of Diane Sindall
1980sNear Fearnley Road, Borough Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, UK
SOLVEDPottery Cottage murders
1970sPottery Cottage, Eastmoor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
SOLVEDCountess of Chester Hospital neonatal-unit murders
2010sCountess of Chester Hospital, Chester, England
SOLVEDMurder of Lynsey Quy
1990sSouthport, Merseyside, England
COLDKilling of Elsie Frost
2010sRailway underpass near Horbury Lagoon, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Leanne Tiernan
2000sBramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire (abduction site); Lindley Woods, near Otley (body recovery site)
SOLVEDYorkshire murders (1975–1980)
1970sWest Yorkshire and Manchester, England
SOLVEDDeath of Nicola Bulley
2020sSt Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, England
SOLVEDKilling of Gracie Spinks
2020sDuckmanton, Derbyshire, England
SOLVEDKillamarsh murders
2020sChandos Crescent, Killamarsh, Derbyshire
UNSOLVEDDisappearance of Charlene Downes
2000sBlackpool town centre, Lancashire, England
SOLVEDMurder of Sasha Marsden
2010sSouth Shore, Blackpool, England
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