The upper part of Parker's body was discovered in the River Thames on 17 December; her body had been sawn in half before being dumped in the river, and it is not known what happened to the lower half. A grey 7 Series BMW had been seen next to Aylward's vehicle a few minutes before he was shot and the police said that they were seeking to identify it.
It was thought that the attack might have been a case of road rage or mistaken identity. The police also said that they had found nothing in Aylward's background to suggest that he had been involved in any criminal activity.
The murder was featured on Crimewatch in July In December , Robert Dawes, a drug baron and former Sutton-in-Ashfield resident whom British police wanted to interview about Draycott's murder, was handed a year jail sentence by a French court for drug trafficking and smuggling, among other offences.
In February , another man who had been jailed for conspiring to rob the shop was charged with Brodie's murder, [ ] but failure to gather enough evidence against him led to the charge being dropped in late April of that year. Police made unsuccessful searches for Brodie's remains at a farm and in a canal in Lincolnshire. Hawkins's handbag was discovered under a tree at a garden centre in Chislehurst.
It was handed to the police on Christmas Eve , but the tiny amount of DNA found on it did not have any evidential value. A short while later, Wilkinson and another person in her group received stab wounds. The other victim survived but Wilkinson died after phoning the emergency services. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects.
