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92 year-old man convicted of murder in 58 year-old cold case

92 year-old man convicted of murder in 58 year-old cold case

Rob Beschizza
Jun 30, 2025
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Louisa Dunne

Ryland Headley, 92, was convicted today in the rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne, who he strangled in her home in Bristol. What makes the case remarkable is not his age now but the age of the investigation: it took 58 years to find, prosecute and convict him in the 1967 crime—the U.K.'s oldest cold case of all time to be solved.

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