Towpath murders
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towpath-murders-188-15474134
title:
Towpath murders
text:
The towpath murders are a double murder which occurred upon a section of towpath between Teddington Lock and Eel Pie Island in Richmond upon Thames, London, England, on 31 May 1953. The victims were two teenage girls named Christine Reed and Barbara Songhurst who were ambushed by a lone individual as they cycled to their respective homes in Hampton Hill and Teddington. Both girls were overpowered, then violently raped and murdered before their bodies were discarded in the River Thames. The perpe
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1953 double murder in Richmond, London
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towpath_murders
date created:
2007-01-11T14:55:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T00:02:51Z
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