[4][7] This included a man who said that he had seen a man resembling Cannan looking into the window of Lamplugh's estate agents the day she went missing, putting him in Fulham the day she disappeared. The Lamplugh name is a rarity here in Britain and, although Richard admits it's been a difficult one to hold at times, he says he's proud to keep it going - especially thanks to the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which Diana established in her daughter's memory. The sisters of missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh have spoken of how they are trying to uphold her spirit, 25 years after she disappeared. [45] On this afternoon, a few hours after she vanished, a woman who gave her name as 'Sarah' called the pub saying she had a message for Suzy, giving her number. 50.63.165.22 "You are powerless when youve lost someone like this. SUZY Lamplugh's brother has told cops if they don't find her body this time they should stop looking. [5][11][12] The vehicle appeared to have been parked in haste: the driver's door was open, the handbrake was off and the car key was missing. Suzy Lamplugh, 25, went missing in Fulham, west London in July 1986 New technology may be used to find a match and find the woman's killer John Cannan, 68, is chief suspect in the disappearance . "After six months of trying to keep positive, you think yeah shes not coming back. Suzy Lamplugh: The Unsolved Mystery: Directed by Marc Sigsworth. Suzy, 25, disappeared in 1986 after going to show a house to a man called Mr Kipper in South . [48][6] When Shirley Banks had been abducted by Cannan and held hostage in his flat in 1987, she made a call under duress to her workplace the next morning, saying that she wasn't coming in as she was unwell. [32][34], In the mid 1990s, there was speculation that Michael Sams could have murdered Lamplugh, since he had just been convicted of kidnapping an estate agent named Stephanie Slater in Birmingham. TheMissing is a Podimo podcast series produced by WhatsTheStory Sounds and made in association with specialists Locate International andMissingPeople. [5] Whitfield was the only witness that day who actually knew Lamplugh, and so her sighting was given significant weight. With Caroline Catz, Andrew Alderson, Stewart Ault, Mike Barley. Officers will brief the family within weeks on . Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a13cf7e3ac22aed When we came out of our meeting with the police she said, I now feel theyve done everything they could do. Shes still very much part of our family.. [5][6], A dark-coloured BMW E21, similar to the one that Lamplugh was believed to have been sighted struggling in with a man and to a BMW seen parked in Shorrolds Road that day. Seven years after Suzy disappeared, she was declared dead, thought to be murdered - but her body has never been found. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. "You want to keep your hopes up that shell come in and say hi, we were on a two-month holiday. [5] A woman living at 139 Stevenage Road also reported possibly seeing Lamplugh with a smartly-dressed man wearing a suit by the spot where her car was seen parked. Her car was later discovered abandoned in Stevenage Road - about a mile from the viewing in Shorrolds Road - unlocked, with the handbrake off and her purse in the door pocket. "You are powerless when youve lost someone like this. "Its very difficult, then after a year you realise you're not thinking about her every day, then I havent thought about her for a week and I havent thought about her for a month as time goes on. [58], When the Ford Sierra was discovered at the north London scrap yard during the Lamplugh reinvestigations of the early 2000s, two hairs were found inside that matched the DNA of Sandra Court. Sales manager Shirley Banks, 29, had gone late-night shopping in Bristol, to buy a dress before meeting her new husband for a drink, but she never showed up. We were extremely close and we supported each other. [6] Cannan confirmed in 2021 that he visited such local drinking establishments. Her brother Richard also appears, and relates how their parents Paul and Diana had walked the streets calling her name while looking for her. Suzy always telephoned. You sort of get on with your life and keep them in your memories and thoughts. [4] Detectives would later note that the letters SLP could stand for Suzy Lamplugh, and the number 86 for 1986, the year she vanished. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Weve never been able to lay her to rest, to have a place to visit. [4] Lamplugh had worked at a desk right by the window, in part because the office believed that having an attractive woman such as her by the window would attract customers. Susannah Jane Lamplugh (/lmplu/; born 3 May 1961)[1] was a British estate agent reported missing on 28 July 1986 (aged 25) in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom. [4][5] The media at this time began to note the likeness between Cannan and the photofit in the Lamplugh case, and speculated on a link between the Banks and Lamplugh cases. Whenever were all together with our kids I think what would her children have been like? "If hed been caught then, others wouldnt have gone through the ordeals he put their families through, the crimes hes inside for now.". Aged just 25, the estate agent walked out of her Fulham office for a house viewing on July 28, 1986, and never returned. Eight years ago the Met re-opened their investigation and took the extraordinary step of publicly naming their prime suspect as John Cannan, a convicted killer who targeted professional women. For 35 years, Richard Lamplugh, now 61, has lived with the unsolved disappearance of his beloved sister, who was once on the front cover of every paper in Britain. THE brother of missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh told how he wants to reunite her with their mum and dad if she is finally found. It was very strange because you wouldn't leave a car like that. He explains: "The big hope was that shed hit her head or got amnesia. It had all the hallmarks - right down to the champagne."[29]. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Suzy Lamplugh Brother Illness. "But I'm not unlucky, I really love the name and I'm really proud of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, so having that linked to my name is wonderful. Lamplugh's disappearance has been the subject of a number of documentaries: Lamplugh with her hair tinted blonde, as it was on the day she disappeared. Weve never had closure.. [20], One year after her disappearance, detectives noted that the artist's impression of "Mr Kipper" strongly resembled John Cannan, a convicted rapist (and later abductor and murderer) who had been residing in a nearby prison hostel outside HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs in the lead-up to Lamplugh's disappearance. Tamsin recalls the moment as horribly surreal. [7][26], After new reconstructions were shown on Crimewatch in 2000, this time with the correct pictures of Lamplugh with blonde hair used, new witnesses came forward. [20][6] He also had said to others that he was interested in buying a property in the area. 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As I stood there I saw a blonde young lady. Together with Richard, 51, they have seven children, all of whom know about their Auntie Suzy. Over the years there have been a number of times when the police have phoned the family saying they had new information on the case which they believed may guide them to a body. Also that my mum and dad never saw closure.". A huge police investigation started and, over the course of the past 25 years, officers have searched numerous locations looking for her body. You can subscribe here. Suzy Lamplugh's brother wants police to investigate new evidence that her body was dumped in a canal days after she went missing in 1986. [4] Cannan was known as someone who would play such tricks with investigators, and it was believed that his decision to dump Banks' body in 'Dead Women's Ditch' was entirely intentional, and so too could be the wording of the number plate. Its never going to bring Suze back, but if the police had arrested Cannan (when Suzy disappeared), then others wouldnt have been in the same situation as my sister. [46][6] The landlord said he gave the paper he had written the number on to police, although it was then lost. Diana passed away in August 2011, following a battle with Alzheimer's and a stroke. who lives in the family home in East Sheen where Suzy, her two sisters and brother were . 's Craven Cottage stadium. He probably spoke to her, might even have taken her on a date. [58][59] Court had been dropped off by a taxi driver in Throop, Dorset, near her sister's house after a night out, but her sister was not at home. [22][17] Another place Cannan frequented was the Prince of Wales pub in Putney, which Lamplugh was known to have visited on the very day Cannan was released by the nearby prison, three days before Lamplugh was last seen. Despite these clues, the police made no arrests. The big hope was that shed hit her head or got amnesia. Richard Lamplugh Suzy's brother. Thats not like her. Suzy, an estate agent, disappeared after leaving her London office to meet a "Mr Kipper" for a viewing at a Fulham flat. "Its very difficult, then after a year you realise you're not thinking about her every day, then I havent thought about her for a week and I havent thought about her for a month as time goes on. I just missed her tremendously I still do.. [4] He had been on day release from the prison in the months preceding Lamplugh's disappearance, and had been given a job in the area as a porter. You sort of get on with your life and keep them in your memories and thoughts. [46][6] The police confirmed the man was not a policeman, and it was not known who 'Sarah' was. And thats a spirit we have tried to uphold as a family., For more information on the work of the Trust please visit www.suzylamplugh.org, Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. It makes you rake up old feelings and fears., It is the same whenever there is another high-profile disappearance. For other inquiries, Contact Us. Tamsin remembers pounding the streets with her parents, looking for Suzy, while Lizzie was sent to a new boarding school to protect her. * The Police announced that there is not enough. Richard, who now lives in Aberdeen with his wife Christine and their daughters, was 26 and working on a fish farm in Hertfordshire when his sister disappeared. I would lose confidence in myself a lot in those early years after shed gone. [10][12][17] It was soon pointed out in the press that, were Mr Kipper to be given the first name Dan, that the words combined would be an anagram of 'Kidnapper'. An investigation into the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh in 1986, suspected murdered - and whose body has never been found. Although he has always denied any involvement in Suzy's disappearance, police made the unusual move of naming Cannan as the prime suspect in 2002. Suzy disappeared on July 28, 1986 after leaving her west London estate agency to show a client, known only as Mr Kipper, around a house in Fulham. [4] The re-investigations established that Cannan could not be eliminated and in fact found more evidence which implicated him. Speaking together for the first time and to mark Suzys 50th birthday, Lizzie and Tamsin reflected on the happier times they shared with their older sister as a child. She was living life to the full., For a brief time after Suzy vanished, the two sisters were blissfully oblivious to the unfolding tragedy. "They say time is a healer and I suppose thats what time is. Cops probing Suzy Lamplugh murder dig up back garden of suspect's mum Suzy went missing in July 1986 after leaving her office for an appointment with a client at a house in London's Fulham. . [4][12], Cannan was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Banks and for several other rapes, abductions and attempted abductions. [4][23], Fifteen months after Lamplugh's disappearance, in October 1987, John Cannan abducted and murdered 29-year-old Shirley Banks from Bristol, before attempting to rape two women in a shop three weeks later after driving to the shop in his black BMW. [7] Investigators wanted to dig at Norton Barracks, the location Cannan allegedly told former girlfriend Gilly Paige was the burial site of Lamplugh, and which an anonymous informant had identified to police in 1999 as being the place where Lamplugh was buried. Also that my mum and dad never saw closure.". I still do., She could be very bossy, adds Lizzie, 41. . The Lamplughs were a close family, made up of mum Diana, then 49, dad Paul, 55, Richard, Suzy, and younger sisters Tamsin, 24, and Lizzie, 16. . Find the perfect brother and sister of suzy lamplugh stock photo, image, vector, illustration or 360 image. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. [12] The man remembered seeing it because many cars in the road had been double parked, causing him to have some difficulties driving through the road. "But weve got pictures of Suzy around the house and when I look at them I do think of her.". Shes still very much part of our family.. And thats a spirit we have tried to uphold as a family.. [43][4], One piece of evidence investigators saw as significant regarded a mysterious phone call that was made on the afternoon Lamplugh disappeared, which detectives believed was made by Lamplugh herself. [75] Fellow criminologist David Wilson has agreed and said that Cannan will not confess because he is a psychopath. The Vanishing of Suzy Lamplugh documentary from June 2022. Richard and his sisters still hope some of their questions will be answered. [7], In December 2000, police searched a brickworks nearby to Norton Barracks,[51] which had been mentioned in several of the original witness statements. The pretty 25-year-old estate agent vanished without trace after leaving her West London office at . [4] Cannan was released from Wormwood Scrubs on 25 July 1986; three days later, Lamplugh vanished nearby. And witnesses shed some light on what may have happened next. We were extremely close and we supported each other. . Today she is cared for in a specialist residential centre close to the family home. Richard Lamplugh, 61, believes new information, which should have come to light . "But weve got pictures of Suzy around the house and when I look at them I do think of her.". This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. [12] However, he claimed that he chose the letters on the plate at random. Performance & security by Cloudflare. Today Suzys two sisters Tamsin and Lizzie have spoken together for the first time about their sister and the joyful memories they hold of her. "I hope he is convicted eventually, because then hell stay in there for life.". SUZY Lamplugh's brother has revealed the heartbreaking moment he picked newspapers up off the floor at work, so people "wouldn't walk over his sister's picture". Tamsin and Lizzie were very close to their older sister she was a giggling confidante to Tamsin, just 14 months her junior, and mother hen to Lizzie, nine years younger and the baby of the family. [25] He protests his innocence not only of involvement in Lamplugh's disappearance but of nearly all other crimes he has been convicted of, including those which were proven with DNA links and fingerprint evidence, such as the case of the rape of the woman in Reading, in which forensic evidence showed the chances of the perpetrator being anyone other than Cannan were 260 million to one. [33][34][32] This included a suggestion at one stage that she could have been involved in prostitution. "But we have no body and we haven't got enough evidence to charge Cannan - even though the police have named him. One Shorrolds Road resident saw a woman who looked like Suzy with a man in a suit and tie, his dark hair slicked back, carrying a bottle of champagne. Shed take me for lunch when I came home from boarding school and regale me with tales, Lizzie recalls. I know its just a paper but I thought I dont want people to be walking over my sisters picture. [5] A man said that he had seen a "couple arguing" between 2:00 and 2:30 p.m. in the area. [12][4] The video remains publicly available. "The hardest part of it all was coming to terms with her death. * The Suzy Lamplugh Trust operates a National Stalking Helpline on 0808 802 0300. - right down to the champagne. `` her. `` which implicated.! [ 32 ] this included a suggestion at one stage that she could been... 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