The Unsolved Murder of Karen Hales

It was November 1993 in Ipswich, England, snow had fallen on the ground and young couple Karen and Peter had started to prepare for their wedding following the birth of their daughter Emily.

On Sunday 21st November, Peter had picked up a shift at work and offered to drop Karen to her parents, where she would usually go to spend time with them, however, on this Sunday Karen declined the lift and instead choosing to stay at home and do some housework. Peter left for work at 3:50pm, his future in laws stopped by to see him at work around 4:15pm and said they would pop in to see Karen, when they arrived to Karen and Peter's home on Lavenham Road, they were met with a shocking scene - Karen was dead, with multiple stab wounds and her body had been set alight - just feet away, sat 18 month old Emily.

Multiple witnesses recall seeing a man in the area, all describing him to be between 20-30 and wearing a Parker jacket, but to this day, no one has been charged with her murder.

But the biggest question has always been - why? Karen didn't appear to have enemies.

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