FOI 461129
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 461129
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 3rd March 2026. Please find below the response to your request:
Clarification:
Total list of Cold Cases, as far back as you record them.
Please may you provide me with:
- The total number of previously cold cases your police force has reopened and is currently working on.
- The total number of cold cases relating to homicide.
- The total number of cold cases relating to unidentified remains.
- The names of victims relating to homicide cold cases and the year of the crime.
- The names of victims relating to unidentified remains cold cases and the year of the potential crime.
Reply
West Mercia Police hold some of the requested information.
- The total number of previously cold cases your police force has reopened and is currently working on.
Two
- The total number of cold cases relating to homicide.
Nine
- The total number of cold cases relating to unidentified remains.
Three
- The names of victims relating to homicide cold cases and the year of the crime.
Unknown victim “Bella” 1943
John POWELL 1946
Simon DALE 1987
Marie WILKES 1988
Janine DOWNES 1991
Andrew LAMMAS 2004
David LANGDON 2008
David CURRIER 2009
Christian BAGLEY 2015
- The names of victims relating to unidentified remains cold cases and the year of the potential crime.
No information is held in relation to the names of unidentified victims.
Unidentified female remains- Worcestershire 1943 (Press at the time gave the victim the name ‘Bella’)
Unidentified female remains- Shropshire 1969
Unidentified male remains- Shropshire 1980