Another corpse with an identity crisis

Just like the 1672 remains in the Tower, the 1910 remains in Hilldrop Crescent, London are in question. They were thought to have been Mrs. Crippen but her relatives have been DNA tested and the corpse is very different, as a Channel 5 programme showed on Tuesday.

Could it have been the victim of a botched abortion, perhaps, carried out by Dr. Crippen when his homeopathy practice failed? Not according to Dr. John Trestrail, because the partial corpse is male!

A miscarriage of justice indeed. The programme showed how a modern day court
would not have convicted Crippen for lack of evidence, Also sufficnet reason
to suspect a fit up by the police force still reeling from the shame of not
catching anyone for the Ripper murders. The dna testing had it been
available would have given sufficient cause for an acquittal. Another blow
to all those in favour of capital punishment, though I do reserve the act
for certain criminals, Mrs Thatcher springs to mind:-) But not poor Dr
Crippen.
Paul


On 4/17/09, Stephen Lark <stephenmlark@...> wrote:
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> Just like the 1672 remains in the Tower, the 1910 remains in Hilldrop
> Crescent, London are in question. They were thought to have been Mrs.
> Crippen but her relatives have been DNA tested and the corpse is very
> different, as a Channel 5 programme showed on Tuesday.
>
> Could it have been the victim of a botched abortion, perhaps, carried out
> by Dr. Crippen when his homeopathy practice failed? Not according to Dr.
> John Trestrail, because the partial corpse is male!
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Richard liveth yet

And this was a case that was supposed to be open and shut. Cripppen's guilt was never in doubt and it was mitochondrial DNA that proved that the corpse(or part of one) could not have been Crippen's wife. Here's hoping....




--- In , Paul Trevor Bale <paul.bale@...> wrote:
>
> A miscarriage of justice indeed. The programme showed how a modern day court
> would not have convicted Crippen for lack of evidence, Also sufficnet reason
> to suspect a fit up by the police force still reeling from the shame of not
> catching anyone for the Ripper murders. The dna testing had it been
> available would have given sufficient cause for an acquittal. Another blow
> to all those in favour of capital punishment, though I do reserve the act
> for certain criminals, Mrs Thatcher springs to mind:-) But not poor Dr
> Crippen.
> Paul
>
>
> On 4/17/09, Stephen Lark <stephenmlark@...> wrote:
> >
> > Just like the 1672 remains in the Tower, the 1910 remains in Hilldrop
> > Crescent, London are in question. They were thought to have been Mrs.
> > Crippen but her relatives have been DNA tested and the corpse is very
> > different, as a Channel 5 programme showed on Tuesday.
> >
> > Could it have been the victim of a botched abortion, perhaps, carried out
> > by Dr. Crippen when his homeopathy practice failed? Not according to Dr.
> > John Trestrail, because the partial corpse is male!
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Richard liveth yet
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