Unsolved Murders and Other Deaths From Around the World

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Unsolved crimes: Who are the mysterious killers?

Why were they murdered?

Myths and mystery surrounding some of the top unsolved crimes around the world

Published:  December 13, 2021 18:53

Seyyed Llata, Senior Designer ,  Biju Mathew, Online Editor ,  Shyam A. Krishna, Senior Associate Editor ,  Jaya Chandran, Online Editor ,  Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent ,  Jay Hilotin, Senior Assistant Editor ,  Imran Malik, Assistant Editor  and  Alex Abraham, Senior Associate Editor

  

The victims laid to rest long back, the killers either dead or still at large, but those memories still lingers to haunt those alive. Image Credit: Seyyed de Llata/Senior Designer

Crimes of passion, victims of greed, or just plain jealousy, no one knows for sure. But one fact remains that they all are dead before age caught up with them and the killers are yet to be identified. What are the reasons and who committed some of these horrific crimes are still a mystery?

The murder of Jill Dando, 1999

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Jill Dando was the golden girl of British television. The BBC presenter was found dead outside her front door in a quiet residential street in Fulham, southwest London, on April 26, 1999, with a single bullet wound to her head.

The 37-year-old left her fiance’s home and when Dando reached her doorstep at around 11.30 am she was shot in the head. She was discovered 14 minutes later by a neighbour and rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Dando’s neighbour is the only person to have seen, whom the police believe to be, the killer. Around 2,500 potential suspects were investigated, one man was put on trial and convicted, but following an appeal and retrial, he was acquitted.

Mystery has surrounded her murder and although several theories were put forward, none of them was found to be credible. Some of the theories included contract killing, mistaken identity, someone who was convicted due to the Crimewatch programme, a Yugoslav group taking revenge or a revenge attack.

After 22 years, no one knows who killed Dando despite the biggest murder inquiry conducted by the Metropolitan Police and reportedly the largest criminal investigation since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.

The killing of Dando, the presenter of BBC News, Crimewatch, and Holiday programme, remains one of the unsolved cases in Britain. The case is still open, but the detective who led the inquiry into the murder of the 1997 BBC Personality of the Year has said it will never be solved.

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