Who killed Suzy Lamplugh? The five unsolved mysteries in ‘haunting’ cold case

Cold case detectives remain ‘haunted’ by the unsolved disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, who vanished 40 years ago in July 1986 after leaving her Fulham office for an appointment. Here we look at five of the biggest mysteries around her disappearance.

• Mr Kipper:Miss Lamplugh put an appointment with a mysterious “Mr Kipper” at a property in Shorrolds Road, Fulham, in her work diary on the day she vanished.
• The car:Evidence gathered from the headrest of a seat in her car using adhesive tape has been analysed for mitochondrial DNA in the US, but no profile could be found. A smudged fingerprint was also found on the rear-view mirror of the car, but investigators have never found out who it belongs to.
• Grand Union Canal:One informant previously claimed police had not taken him seriously when he reported seeing a man throwing something in the Grand Union Canal at the time of Suzy’s disappearance.
• Prime suspect:John Cannan, the prime suspect in the case, died in prison in November 2024, having never been charged with Miss Lamplugh's murder due to insufficient evidence, despite a file being presented to prosecutors in 2002.
• Searches: A number of searches have previously been carried out in relation to the case, including on land between Pershore and Drakes Broughton in Worcestershire in 2010; in a property in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, in 2018; and on land near Drakes Broughton in Worcestershire in 2019, but nothing was found.