Merrett shot his 55-year-old mother Bertha on 17 March 1926, she died on 1 April. Charged with murder and forgery the jury returned a verdict of not proven in February 1927. In 1954 he strangled his 43-year-old wife Veronica Bonnar and drowned her 72-year-old mother Lady Mary Menzies. (16 February 1954)
There are 3392 births, 3956 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5745 people in 6459 places until today.
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Thursday 10th of September 1936 (x) — The dismembered body of an unidentified man is found as victim of Unidentified serial killer Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run . Only half the torso was found. Nothing remained below the hips. The head was never found nor the body identified.