Lorna St Theresa Hayles

Lorna St Theresa Hayles was found dead in her flat at 5 Tasman Road, Clapham, on Friday 29 August 1986 after flies were seen at the window.

She had been lying there for nearly a month before being discovered by which time she had badly decomposed and her body become infested with insects. She had died from stab wounds to the neck having been stabbed to death with a carving fork. The fork had been forcefully driven down into her neck and it was thought that there had been a sexual motive behind her murder, although it was noted that there had been no evidence of an actual sexual assault.