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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 356861
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 4th September 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
Since 1st April 2011, how many no-body murders (i.e., at the time you declared it was a murder, the victim’s body had not been recovered) has your police force recorded? For each homicide, please state (1) the financial year the homicide was recorded, (2) what the suspect/s outcome was or whether no suspect has been charged, (3) the financial year in which any suspect/s outcome was obtained, and (4) whether, and in what financial year, a body was subsequently recovered.
Reply
Murder 1
Recorded Financial Year 2020/21
Offender subject to hospital order following trial of the issues - Financial Year 2021/22
Body Recovered Financial year 2020/21
Murder 2
Recorded Financial Year 2019/20
Offender convicted of murder - Financial Year 2022/23
Body Recovered Financial year 2020/21