59: The Carbon Copy Murders | England

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The bodies of two women were found within 300 yards of each other, raped and strangled. The only thing is, the murders occurred 157 years apart. With many uncanny similarities one cannot look at the one without considering the other. In both cases, the women were 20 years old, in fact, they had the same birthday. In both cases, a man by the name of Thornton was arrested and later acquitted. Was there a link, or was it simply coincidence?

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0:39.7	and loved ones.
0:43.0	On Sunday, the 27th of May, 1974, 20 year old Barbara Forrest had a great day.
0:51.0	Together with her boyfriend, 21-year-old Simon Belcher, that led the service at St. Mark's Church.
0:58.0	Simon was standing in for his father, who was the minister of the church.
1:02.0	Barbara was a youth worker at the church.
1:05.0	Everyone enjoyed the service as it was lovely to see the young couple working together.
1:10.0	After the service, they decided to go out for a night on the town, as the following day was Witt Monday, a bank holiday.
1:17.0	They went dancing and then visited a couple of pubs in Hansworth and Birmingham City Center.
1:23.6	Simon walked her to the Colmore Circus bus stop in Birmingham at 1am,
1:28.1	where Barbara waited for the number 67 bus.
1:31.4	He said goodbye and jumped on to his own bus and headed home to Mosley in the opposite direction.
1:37.0	Barbara lived by herself in an apartment in Erdington.
1:41.0	The bus ride from Colmore Circus to Tyburn was a 20 minute bus ride. Then she
1:46.7	still had a 10 minute walk to get home. Erdington was a safe area and Barbara had no reason
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