The Burning of Evelyn Foster - 88 years ago: Unsolved England Murder In the northernmost part of England, you’ll find the county of Northumberland. You will find beautiful beaches, cheviot hills, and even the castle Hogwarts was designed after. You would likely feel safe, after all, Northumbria Police force is the sixth largest police force in England and Wales. However, they were not formed until 1974. So, 88 years ago, in 1931 the law enforcement agency in place was nowhere near as large. When young Evelyn Foster was found burnt and dying she didn’t have the luxury of what the people of Northumberland do today. However, police were not the only faulty factor in her case going unsolved, it was typical early 1900s sexism. Evelyn was the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Foster, who were very prominent business owners at the time. Joseph begin his career as a groomer and servant for the Vicar of Horsley. Not long after he married Margaret they had children and
The Durahm Family Murders- Boone, N.C. 1972 [I would like to start by stating that writing this report wasn’t the easiest. Even though this crime was national news a lot of information conflicts. Not only do some major facts differ but so do small things, like, the daughters name spelling, victims ages, even the divide in what police thought happened. Newspapers mixed facts and exaggerated others. I tried to make the most credible decisions about what facts I determined to be true and what I determined to be the Chinese whispers of a small town.] While most of the world remembers 1972 for things like that year’s Winter Olympics, or the single greatest surfing day in history (“Huge Monday”). Perhaps they even remember the made-for-television movie “The Night Stalker,” that broke records by being watched by 75 million people or even Joe Frazier retaining his world heavyweight championship title by knocking out Terry Daniels