William Pettit junior

Unsolved Murders

Age: 27

Sex: male

Date: 23 Oct 1953

Place: Budge Row, St Pauls, London

Rene Brown was murdered on Sunday 11 September 1953 in a field in Chislehurst and the body of William Pettit junior was later found dead on Friday 23 October 1953 in London.

It was claimed that William Pettit junior had murdered Rene Brown and then committed suicide although some people questioned that, saying that the suicide note that was found on his body was fake. The note was printed out in block capitals.

*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Yorkshire Evening Post - Monday 26 October 1953

see Daily Herald - Thursday 01 October 1953

see Birmingham Daily Gazette - Tuesday 20 October 1953

see Liverpool Echo - Monday 26 October 1953

see Daily Herald - Wednesday 23 September 1953

see Daily Herald - Thursday 29 October 1953

see Dundee Courier - Friday 02 October 1953

see Daily Mirror - Friday 13 November 1953

see Daily Herald - Friday 13 November 1953

see Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Tuesday 22 September 1953

see Unsolved 1953