[57][61] When interviewed, Cannan denied having ever been to Bournemouth on the day in question, but was proved to be lying through the parking tickets discovered by police. In his garage, police found Shirleys car with a new licence plate: SLP 386 - which they believe could stand for Suzy's initials and the year she disappeared. "They could have got him first, but you can never turn the clock back, its just what if?. When we came out of our meeting with the police, she said: I now feel theyve done everything they could do.. Lamplugh was an estate agent, who was reported missing after attending an appointment with someone calling himself "Mr Kipper", to show him round a house in Shorrolds Road, Fulham. 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. Available for both RF and RM licensing. [36][37] Furthermore, Sams only had one leg, and no witness sightings of the man Lamplugh was seen with that day report him having a limp or only one leg, demonstrating that he is not a viable suspect. Richard Lamplugh Suzy's brother. A witness came forward some time later with another significant sighting. [5] Lamplugh's purse was found in the car. In fact all the family remain remarkably, determinedly free of rancour. [18][12] Suzy's officer manager revealed that a bunch of red roses had been delivered to her office by a mystery man just days before she disappeared. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Richard Lamplugh, 61, believes that information revealed . [5] At 5:30 they called the police to report her missing. The case still unsolved captured the nations imagination and led to a huge police investigation and for the last 25 years it has affected the family profoundly. The "O/S" annotation means "outside the property". But there has been one police breakthrough which has brought the family some solace. [39][7] Cannan's nickname in prison was also "Mr Kipper" due to his preference for wearing kipper-style broad ties. Her mother Diana, who started the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to help women feel more secure at work died in 2011. As a family we thought, OK, we cant prove it but we know, says Lizzie. [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. Because everyone has the right to be safe. There then ensued probably quite a very heated row where he basically drove off abducting her. Cannan's brother has said . "You wouldnt leave it parked somewhere you had no reason to be. dad Paul, 55, Richard, Suzy . I think that Suzy got into a row with Cannan on the day, he abducted her from the car, or made her get into the vehicle he had at the time. [73], Cannan remains the prime (and only) suspect in the case. [17] Over 5 days of interviews,[42] Cannan did not provide interviewers with any information which could eliminate him from the inquiry, and did not provide an alibi for his movements between 25 and 28 July 1986. Shes still very much part of our family.. But among the siblings and relatives there was one notable absentee. "The hardest part of it all was coming to terms with her death. . It makes you rake up old feelings and fears., It is the same whenever there is another high-profile disappearance. They had started winding down the case when, on October 8, 1987, another woman vanished. [12] Soon after Cannan was arrested, Banks' Mini car was found hidden in his garage, with a new, false number plate affixed reading "SLP 386S". I just missed her tremendously I still do.. When the police named convicted killer Cannan as their chief suspect, the sisters said it was a significant moment for their mother. We were extremely close and we supported each other. . [4], The northern part of Stevenage Road, looking south towards Craven Cottage. Cannan was eventually jailed for Shirley's murder in October 1987, the attempted kidnapping of Julia Holman on the previous night and the rape of a woman in Reading, Berkshire, in October 1986. [55] Detectives subsequently attempted to find the car and discovered it in a north London scrap yard, allowing them to conduct DNA analysis on it. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. In the years after Lamplugh's disappearance, police tested the DNA of 800 unidentified bodies and skeletal remains that matched her description. [5] This sighting was later the basis of an identikit picture made of the man. [7][4] The police so strongly felt Cannan was responsible, however, that they announced in a press conference in November 2002, in an extremely rare move, that they believed Cannan was responsible. Part of the reason mum set up the trust was so that something good can come from something that was so bad. [23][74], While in prison, Cannan told a solicitor that he might well "reveal all" about Lamplugh when his mother died. [4][28] Another of Cannan's former girlfriends, Daphne Sargent, also formed the view that Cannan was responsible, saying: "As soon as I heard about Suzy, I knew it was John. [16] A man out jogging had seen a car speeding south down Stevenage Road (the same road Lamplugh's car was later found abandoned on) as he jogged out of Bishop's Park into the road at the exit by Fulham F.C. Suzy Lamplugh's body has never been found ever since she vanished more than 35 years ago, and now, with the main suspect in her disappearance, John Cannan, receiving palliative care in prison for another murder, her family are begging one last time for answers. [12], Police suggested that a black, left-hand drive BMW vehicle may have been involved, because of an eyewitness account of a car of that description seen parked in Shorrolds Road. 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". "They say time is a healer and I suppose thats what time is. Thats not like her. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. An investigation into the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh in 1986, suspected murdered - and whose body has never been found. She was living life to the full., For a brief time after Suzy vanished, the two sisters were blissfully oblivious to the unfolding tragedy. Where he went from there is a matter of conjecture. The three girls and older brother Richard were raised in East Sheen, South-West London, by their mum Diana, a fitness club manager, and solicitor dad Paul. [53] The lead detective in the re-investigations, Jim Dickie, stated that he was as certain as he can be without going through a formal judicial process that Cannan was responsible. [64][65] Police looked into Steve Wright's QE2 work records and found that he was working on the ship the day Lamplugh disappeared, meaning he could not have been responsible for her abduction and murder. "It's a fantastic legacy. Ms Lamplugh has not been seen since 1986 but in 1994 police said they believed . But Suzy's brother Richard says the disappearance of Sarah Everard, from Clapham last week, brings back painful memories of his own family loss and proves the work of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust - set up by Diana to promote safety for women - is not done. "She really was a family person, she enjoyed family time and I think she was the one who brought us together. [4] Further interviews were carried out with Cannan over Lamplugh's disappearance in 1988, 1989 and 1990. [7] However, in 2020, his brother revealed that his sister had already unsuccessfully begged him to reveal the location of Lamplugh's body, and the brother insists he will "take his secrets to the grave" because he "doesn't have a modicum of regret, conscience or compassion" and is "a power freak". who lives in the family home in East Sheen where Suzy, her two sisters and brother were . [75] Fellow criminologist David Wilson has agreed and said that Cannan will not confess because he is a psychopath. [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. "Unfortunately we havent got enough information to say Cannans definitely done it, he wont tell us hes done it and thats a big problem as far as charging him for her murder. She was declared dead presumed murdered in 1993. The only comfort for us is the sense that in some way too she has been released from all the pain., It is also a double tragedy for their father Paul, now 80. [36][37][17] However, police found no evidence for this theory and discounted it, noting that Sams' own crimes were more likely influenced by the high-profile Lamplugh case. Also that my mum and dad never saw closure.". As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Today she is cared for in a specialist residential centre close to the family home. "Im sure they revel in the fact they havent been found out. In an era before mobile phones, it took their mother days to track them down to a remote campsite on the North Island and let them know Suzy was missing. [32][34] In an unprecedented move, the Metropolitan Police responded to the book by defending Lamplugh's personal life and stating "our investigations revealed nothing more than that Suzy was a modern young woman". 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. 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