Age: 67
Sex: female
Date: 27 Aug 1983
Place: Birch Avenue, Haslingden, Lancashire
Ivy Bottoms was found dead at her home in Birch Avenue, Haslingden on 28 August 1983.
She had been beaten to death after returning home from a game of bingo on the Saturday night, 27 August 1983.
see "Criminals aid hunt for killer." Times [London, England] 31 Aug. 1983: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 31 Mar. 2013.
see Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 30 August 1983
see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 01 September 1983
see Coventry Evening Telegraph - Saturday 14 May 1983
see Wolverhampton Express and Star - Tuesday 30 August 1983