The Wimbledon Murder
A two-year-old witness and a police honey-trap — the story of one of the most shocking cases in British history.
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8 min readAug 23, 2021
On the 15th of July 1992, Rachel Nickell, her son Alex and their dog Molly went for a walk on Wimbledon Common. It was a bright, summer morning and plenty of Londoners were enjoying the natural space, completely unaware of the predator in…
