130case filesUpdated Sep 29, 2026
Casepin holds 130 case files in England. By legal status, 25 marked unsolved, 4 marked cold, 100 marked solved and 1 marked overturned.
Credit: Family handout via Suffolk NewsEditorial useSourceCOLDListenBury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England · 2016
Royal Air Force gunner Corrie McKeague disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds in September 2016, and a 2022 inquest concluded he died after climbing into a waste bin that was tipped into a bin lorry, though his remains were never found.
Credit: UnknownEditorial useSourceUNSOLVEDListenPimlico, London, England · 2010
Gareth Williams, a GCHQ mathematician on secondment to MI6, was found dead padlocked inside a bag in his London flat in August 2010; a coroner ruled the death unnatural and likely criminally mediated, but no one has been charged and a Metropolitan Police re-investigation later called it probably an accident.
SOLVEDListenEliza Lane, Butsfield, County Durham, England · 1991
Planning officer Harry Collinson was shot dead on camera by landowner Albert Dryden during a property dispute in County Durham in 1991; Dryden was convicted of murder in 1992 and died in 2018 after compassionate release.
Credit: JThomasCC BY-SA 2.0SourceSOLVEDListenSt Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, England · 2023
Nicola Bulley, 45, disappeared on 27 January 2023 while walking her dog beside the River Wyre in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire; her body was found in the river on 19 February 2023, and an inquest concluded in June 2023 that she died of accidental drowning.
Credit: Gerald EnglandCC BY-SA 2.0SourceSOLVEDListenHyde, Greater Manchester, England · 1970s
Harold Shipman, a GP in Hyde, Greater Manchester, was convicted in January 2000 of murdering 15 patients, including former mayoress Kathleen Grundy, using lethal doses of diamorphine. A subsequent public inquiry concluded he had killed at least 218 patients over roughly 27 years, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history.
Credit: The copyright is believed to belong to the person who took the photographEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenGreat Baddow, Essex, England · 2019
Retired couple John and Lois McCullough were murdered by their youngest daughter Virginia McCullough at their Essex home in June 2019, after which she concealed their bodies and lived in the house for four years before being arrested in September 2023.
Credit: Kerrang! / The Sophie Lancaster FoundationEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenStubbylee Park, Bacup, Lancashire, England · 2000s
Sophie Lancaster, 20, was beaten into a coma alongside her boyfriend Robert Maltby by a group of teenagers in Stubbylee Park, Bacup, on 11 August 2007, reportedly because the couple were dressed as goths. She died of her injuries thirteen days later; two of the attackers were convicted of her murder.
Credit: D4444n at en.wikipediaCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListenGrand Hotel, Brighton, England · 1984
On 12 October 1984 the IRA detonated a long-delay bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton in an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet during the Conservative Party Conference. Five people were killed and more than thirty injured; Thatcher was uninjured. IRA member Patrick Magee was convicted in 1986 and sentenced to eight concurrent life terms.
Credit: unknownEditorial useSourceUNSOLVEDListenHeworth, York, North Yorkshire, England · 2009
Claudia Lawrence, a 35-year-old chef at the University of York, disappeared after leaving work in Heworth, York, on 18 March 2009 and has never been found. North Yorkshire Police investigated her disappearance as a suspected murder for over a decade, arresting and releasing several people without charge, but no one has been convicted.
Birstall, West Yorkshire, England · 2016
On 16 June 2016, British Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in Birstall, West Yorkshire, by Thomas Alexander Mair. He was convicted in November 2016 of murder and related offences, with the judge finding the killing was an act of terrorism motivated by white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideology. Mair received a whole life order.
The files run from 1827 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 29 files. The oldest is Murder of Maria Marten (Red Barn Murder), from 1827.
They are spread across 100 cities and towns; the most are in London (12), Bristol (4) and Manchester (4). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (112), disappearance cases (18) and kidnapping and abduction cases (10).
65 files of the 130 have coverage attached: 88 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 18 creators. The most covered is Death of Corrie McKeague, with 5 items to watch or hear. Emma Kenny, Eleanor Neale and That Chapter have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Corrie McKeague — Credit: Family handout via Suffolk NewsEditorial useSource
Portrait of Gareth Williams — Credit: UnknownEditorial useSource
JacktheRipperWhitechapelcirca1890 — Credit: Unknown. Taken around 1890.Public domainSource
Beverley Road, Kingston upon Hull - geograph.org.uk - 3960195 — Credit: Bernard SharpCC BY-SA 2.0Source
The River Wyre - geograph.org.uk - 4264490 — Credit: JThomasCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Garden of Tranquility - geograph.org.uk - 1005040 — Credit: Gerald EnglandCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Lois and John McCullough — Credit: The copyright is believed to belong to the person who took the photographEditorial useSource
Close-up of the damage caused by the Brighton Bomb — Credit: D4444n at en.wikipediaCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Claudia Lawrence — Credit: unknownEditorial useSource
AvoidLondon77 — Credit: David Wulff (David Wulff)CC BY-SA 2.0Source
86 High Street - geograph.org.uk - 7458415 — Credit: Ian CapperCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Manchester Arena exterior, (2) May19 — Credit: G-13114CC BY-SA 4.0Source
St Ambrose, Whitehall, Bristol - geograph.org.uk - 3739827 — Credit: Dave KellyCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Sarah Payne — Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
Teresa de Simone — Credit: Hampshire Police page 3Editorial useSource
Danielle Jones Photo — Credit: Linda Jones, mother of DanielleEditorial useSource
Highley Church — Credit: GammockCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Annie Bella Wright — Credit: Contemporary newspaper via Wikipedia (Green Bicycle Case)Public domainSource
Trades Club - Holme Street - geograph.org.uk - 482527 — Credit: Betty LongbottomCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Yeoman hey and dovestones from hollin brown knoll — Credit: Parrot of DoomCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Image alt text: "Sophie Lancaster and Robert Maltby" (Kerrang!). — Credit: Kerrang! / The Sophie Lancaster FoundationEditorial useSource
Soham Village College - geograph.org.uk - 269552 — Credit: Bob JonesCC BY-SA 2.0Source130. By status: 25 unsolved, 4 cold, 100 solved and 1 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Murder of Maria Marten (Red Barn Murder), from 1827. Open the file
Death of Corrie McKeague, with 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Emma Kenny (11 cases), Eleanor Neale (11 cases) and That Chapter (6 cases), among 18 creators in all.
London (12), Bristol (4) and Manchester (4).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Sep 29, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
