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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Ross

Ryland Headley evaded police for 58 years. Then a single handprint brought him to justice

Living with his wife in the Bristol suburb of Montpelier in 1967, Ryland Headley must have thought he had just got away with murder. For more than half-a-century, he did.

The railway worker had forced entry into the terraced home of Louisa Dunne, around a mile-and-a-half away, where he brutally raped and murdered the 75-year-old, who had been twice widowed and was living alone.

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