Age: unknown
Sex: female
Date: 12 Jan 1972
Place: Great Western Hotel, Paddington, London
Lillian Mary Richards was killed in a hotel in Paddington.
A man was tried for her murder and manslaughter but acquitted.
He admitted striking out at her but said he didn't recall strangling her.
She died after inhaling her own vomit.
The Great Western Hotel had been opposite Paddington Station.
see "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 20 Oct. 1972: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
see National Archives - J 267/52