Age: 46
Sex: male
Date: 2 Mar 1960
Place: River Wear, Riverside Park, Chester-le-Street
James Richard Knight was found dead in the River Wear near Riverside Park in Chester-le-Street.
His mother-in-law, who lived in Summerdale, Shotley Bridge, said that James Knight disappeared after saying that he was going to meet his wife at a bus stop on the Tuesday night 1 March 1960.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Saturday 05 March 1960
see Unsolved 1960