Mary Willmore

Mary Willmore was beaten to death in her flat and set on fire on 1 or 2 April 1983.

She had been battered over the head with a garden spade. It was thought that she had been hit over the head at least eight times, and that the blows had caused the spade handle to break. 

It was thought that she had been murdered sometime between Good Friday and Saturday and that it was possible she was murdered on the Good Friday and that her killer had returned on the Saturday to set fire to her home.

The police appealed for information relating to a sighting of four younf men that were seen running from a red Allegro car that they had abandoned in Taplow High Street shortly after the time of the fire at Mary Willmore's home. 

Mary Willmore was described as a cat lover, having had 15 cats.

She was described as having ben a bit of an eccentric, and would climb in and out of her bedroom window as she had barricaded her doors up because she was terrified of burglars.

Her home was described as dilapidated.