Age: 29
Sex: male
Date: 22 Jul 1989
Place: Sussex Close, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex
Martin Broom was beaten to death in bed at his home in Sussex Close, Boreham on 22 July 1989.
He had been beaten to death with a small hammer that was found near his body covered in blood. The police also found a pair of bloodstained pipe wrenches that were branded, 'made in India' nearby.
see www.bbc.co.uk
see "Elderly victims of horrific killing." Times, 24 July 1989, p. 3. The Times Digital Archive, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500401614/TTDA?u=rbw_earl&sid=TTDA&xid=b62f719e. Accessed 12 May 2020.
see Unsolved East Anglian Murders by Jonathan Sutherland
see Gazette News
see Irish Independent - Monday 24 July 1989
see Unsolved 1989