John Downey

Age: 21

Sex: male

Date: 20 Oct 1955

Place: Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Litherland

John Downey and Joan Williams were found dead in the Leeds and Liverpool canal at Litherland on Saturday 20 October 1955.

Their inquest heard that suicide was ruled out, and that there were no marks of violence.

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

see Western Mail - Wednesday 26 October 1955

Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 25 October 1955

Liverpool Echo - Monday 17 October 1955

see Unsolved 1955