Man left Adelphi hotel and hours later was found dead in St John's Gardens

Businessman Gordon Miller was visiting the city when he was brutally and fatally attacked - www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Man left Adelphi hotel and hours later was found dead in St John's Gardens Two men were arrested but then released in relation to the St John's Gardens murder A businessman visiting Liverpool was killed in the city centre and still to this day no-one knows why. The naked and beaten body of Gordon Miller was found in St John's Gardens by the Museum of Liverpool on a Monday morning. The accounts manager had been visiting the city from Oxford on a business trip.

He arrived to Liverpool on a Sunday to stay at the Adelphi hotel. It is thought the 36-year-old left his hotel at around 8pm and headed for some drinks. ‌ Although not certain, it is speculated that Mr Miller was walking through the gardens as a shortcut back to where he was staying when he was viciously attacked.



Mr Miller was hit in the head multiple times with a blunt instrument that has never been found. He was discovered dead the next morning, Monday, November 27, 1995. At the time two men were arrested in.

.. Paul McAuley.