#7 - The Identikit Killing at the Curiosity Shop (Charing Cross, London, W1)

#7 - The Identikit Killing at the Curiosity Shop (Charing Cross, London, W1)

On Friday 3rd March 1961, at 23 Cecil Court (London), 21 year old Edwin Bush would brutally murder 59 year old part-time shop assistant Elsie May Batten whilst attempting to steal a £15 ornamental dress sword. And as shocking as the case was, how the culprit was caught, would be a watershed moment in modern British murder investigations.

  • Date: Friday 3rd March 1961
  • Location: 23 Cecil Court, off Charing Cross Road, Covent Garden, London, W1
  • Victims: 1 (Elsie May Batten)
  • Culprit: Edwin Albert Arthur Bush


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