At roughly 1pm on Sunday the 17th of September, 1972, a chambermate found the body

of 68-year-old Emmy Werner behind the locked door of room 11 at the Queen's Hotel.

Having been subjected to six years under Nazi occupation, three years in a concentration camp,

a decade in psychiatric care owing to the traumas she had suffered, and half a lifetime of mental illness.

This little dot of a lady had endured so much, and yet she deserved to find peace in her declining years.

In a break from the nursing home she disliked.

On a quiet side street in Bayswater, she found a small sliver of sanctuary

by staying at a cheap little guesthouse called the Queen's Hotel.

The rooms were clean, the staff were nice, and she felt safe amongst the people, she saw

as friends.

The evidence you are about to hear has never been released.

Many witness descriptions may include

perspective rather than fact. And to protect the innocent, the names have been abbreviated.

My name is Michael. I am your tour guide, and this is Murder Mile.

Episode 178, The Night Porter, Part 3.

The Police knew there were several undeniable truths about the man who had murdered

Emmy Werner.

Having entered her lock bedroom without breaking in, he had prior knowledge of the fault with the balcony door, the acute deafness of his victim, and the large sums of cash in her purse.

He was not a professional burglar, as he carried no tools of his trade, but a cocky amateur, who had crept into hotel rooms many times before,

to steal as his victims slept soundly in their beds.

Only this time, the occupant had awoken.

It was never believed that his intention was murder.

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