Sarah Helen Hopkins

Unsolved Murders

Age: 36

Sex: female

Date: 28 Jul 1924

Place: Colwyn Bay

Sarah Helen Hopkins vanished after going to Colyn Bay for her holidays.

She arrived on 28 June 1924 from Manchester and went out shopping within the first few hours and was never seen again.

She had been wearing a long grey coat, brown striped skirt, brown hat and veil and black shoes.

It was thought that the body found at Capel Curig might have been hers, but noted that that body had had a bag with it indicating that the person had been a tourist or somebody definitely prepared for a trip.

Sarah Hopkins was described as a quiet, reserved young woman, although it was acknowledged that she had been a little strange prior to her disappearance.

Sarah Hopkins had been employed as a manageress at Messrs Smallman, a restaurant in Piccadilly.

Her landlady at Old Trafford said:

She was an extremely reticent woman, and although I knew she had relatives in the town she rarely spoke about them, and never told me where they lived. Sometimes she would come down from her room and have a ten minute chat with me, but most of the time she kept herself to herself. On June 28 she left here, saying she was going to spend a few days at Colwyn Bay. She added that I might expect her back on the Wednesday following. Since then I have not heard a word from her. She had no trouble that I know of, nor to my knowledge any love affair.

It was noted that following her arrival at Colwyn Bay that Sarah Hopkins went out at about 7.30pm to do some shopping and was never seen again.

She was noted to have had considerable jewellery in her possession, and was known to have had a banking account.

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Sunday Post - Sunday 13 July 1924

see Unsolved 1924