Age: 36
Sex: female
Date: 11 Sep 1983
Place: A1, Brampton Hut, Cambridgeshire
Janice Weston was found dead in a ditch by a lay-by on the A1 in Cambridgeshire on 11 September 1983.
Her husband was later held for 53 hours in December 1983 in relation to her murder but was not charged. He had been on bail through to February 1984. A report on the case was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions but no charges were brought.
At the time she was living in Addison Avenue, Holland Park, West London with her husband who had been away for the weekend in France on business at the time of her murder. he had called her over the weekend but got no reply.
She had been to work in Lincolns Inn, London where she was a partner in Charles Russell and Co., a firm of solicitors. She had left work on 10 September 1983 at 4.15pm and gone home to change into jeans and a sweater and had half a meal which she had left behind and then gone out in her silver Alfa Romeo car. At the time she had been working on a book mnuscript which she had tken with her. Her husband thought she was going to spend the weekend in London.
see en.wikipedia.org
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see Stewart Tendler, Crime Reporter. "A1 murder victim identified." Times [London, England] 15 Sept. 1983: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 July 2016.
see "WPC poses as murder victim by A1." Times [London, England] 16 Sept. 1983: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 July 2016.
see "Wheel clue to killer of solicitor." Times [London, England] 17 Sept. 1983: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 July 2016.
see "Mrs J. C. Weston." Times [London, England] 24 Sept. 1983: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 July 2016.
see A Staff Reporter. "Plea to free husband of dead solicitor." Times [London, England] 17 Dec. 1983: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 July 2016.
see "A1 victim was left £100,000." Times [London, England] 4 Jan. 1984: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 July 2016.
see Stewart Tendler. "A1 murder victim left £301,967." Times [London, England] 5 Jan. 1984: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 July 2016.
see Stewart Tendler, Crime Correspondent. "Detectives reopen A1 murder enquiry." Times [London, England] 29 Oct. 1991: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 July 2016.
see Kensington Post - Thursday 07 November 1991
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