May Rebecca Thompson

Age: 18

Sex: female

Date: 15 Feb 1952

Place: 31 William Street, Low Spennymoor, County Durham

May Rebecca Thompson was found dead the kitchen at her home at 31 William Street, Low Spennymoor at 7.45pm on Friday 15 February 1952.

She had 36 stab wounds. The police said that they thought that the murder weapon might have been a jack knife, but the murder weapon was never found.

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

see Portsmouth Evening News - Monday 18 February 1952

see Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Thursday 21 February 1952

see Daily Mirror - Saturday 08 March 1952

see Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Thursday 25 September 1952

see Birmingham Daily Gazette - Tuesday 18 March 1952

see Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 25 February 1952

see Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Saturday 23 February 1952

see Newcastle Journal - Wednesday 20 February 1952

see Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Tuesday 19 February 1952

see Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Friday 22 February 1952

see Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Monday 18 February 1952

see Newcastle Journal - Thursday 26 June 1952

see Unsolved 1952