Britain's 1,000 unsolved murders and cold cases mapped out

A new interactive map has revealed 1,000 unsolved murders across every part of Britain - highlighting the cold cases where killers continue to evade justice. Every case has been the subject of a major police investigation with some of them dating back to the pre-war era and others in the last decade. But despite advances in forensic science and technology, they remain cold or unsolved.

Cases include seemingly random attacks, usually on women, carried out by strangers, as well as violent robberies, gangland killings, and contract murders. Our exclusive list was sourced from Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to every police force in the country, and supported with research through a wide variety of local newspaper archives. Just this month, Yorkshire Live has run several stories as the hunt for Lindsay Rimer's killer in West Yorkshire ramps up following a campaign by her sisters who are desperate for answers .

Lindsay was just 13 when she was reported missing in Hebden Bridge after leaving her family home to buy cornflakes in November 1994 . Her body was found months later in Rochdale canal weighed down by concrete. The oldest case in the timeline is from 1938.

Farmer Jim Dawson had spent the evening drinking in his local pub in Bashall Eaves, near Clitheroe. As he walked home, the 46-year-old was shot in the back of his shoulder by an unknown assailant. Dulled by the ale he consumed, he initially thought he had been hit by someone throwing stones.

But the next morning, he awoke to find his sheets covered in blood. Although he initially refused surgery, he was persuaded to seek treatment at Blackburn Royal Infirmary, where medics removed a crude homemade bullet from his shoulder. Four days later, he took a turn for the worse and died in a nursing home in Blackburn.

The cause of his death was recorded as gangrene and septicemia from an infected wound. Detectives investigating his murder were met with a wall of silence - so much so that Bashall Eaves was later tagged “The Village That Wouldn't Speak” following a 1979 TV documentary of that name. Many of the cases included in the map are so famous that they remain locked in the national psyche, such as the assassination of TV presenter Jill Dando in 1999.

Other mysteries - however shocking at the time - have been consigned to history, such as 'Jack the Stripper’s' reign of terror in 1960s London, as well as a host of lesser-known crimes that are still unsolved. Each remains an enigma, with families still seeking justice and answers - and in many cases, the murderer may still walk the streets. Get all the latest and breaking news in Yorkshire by signing up to our newsletter here.

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