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Suzy Lamplugh

London estate agent whose 1986 disappearance remains unresolved.

Missing person
last updated 6 August 2026 · 7 sources
Confirmed facts
12
Open questions
5
Stage
Missing
Last source
28 Jul 2026
Evidence boxes
178
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Case file Suzy Lamplugh, reference D C zero one two seven. According to The Guardian, on twenty-eight July nineteen eighty-six, at about twelve forty p.m., Suzy Lamplugh, a twenty-five-year-old south-west London estate agent, left her office and was never seen again. The Guardian reported that, at twelve forty-five p.m., her diary recorded a meeting with a client named “Mr Kipper” at thirty-seven Shorrolds Road, Fulham, and colleagues believed she intended to show a nearby flat because she took the keys. The Guardian reported that, in October two thousand two, the Crown Prosecution Service ruled there was not enough evidence to charge the person police regarded as the prime suspect. The Guardian reported that searches in Sutton Coldfield in twenty eighteen and Pershore in twenty nineteen found no evidence. The Guardian also reported that a twenty twenty-four forensic review found no DNA or fingerprints that could resolve what happened. The file’s open questions include where Suzy Lamplugh is, what happened after she left for the appointment, and who “Mr Kipper” was. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one two seven at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed12 entries
28 July 1986, about 12.40pm
Suzy Lamplugh, aged 25, left her south-west London estate-agency office and was never seen again.
The Guardian, 28 July 2026
28 July 1986, 12.45pm
Lamplugh's diary recorded a meeting with a client named "Mr Kipper" at 37 Shorrolds Road, Fulham; colleagues believed she intended to show a nearby flat because she took the keys.
The Guardian, 28 July 2026
4 December 2000
A 46-year-old man was reported to be under arrest on suspicion of kidnapping and murdering Lamplugh; that status was an unproven allegation.
The Guardian, 4 December 2000
October 2002
The Crown Prosecution Service ruled there was not enough evidence to charge the person police regarded as the prime suspect.
The Guardian, 4 November 2002
5 November 2002
Scotland Yard Detective Assistant Commissioner Bill Griffiths said missed opportunities had undermined the original inquiry and that police could not take the case further without fresh evidence.
The Guardian, 5 November 2002
12 November 2018
The Metropolitan Police found no evidence after an extensive search of a Sutton Coldfield garden connected in reporting to a key suspect's family property.
The Guardian, 12 November 2018
17 July 2019
A Metropolitan Police search in Pershore, Worcestershire, ended without evidence being found, and Lamplugh's family was informed.
The Guardian, 17 July 2019
2024
A forensic review of significant available material was completed and did not find DNA or fingerprints that could resolve what happened to Lamplugh.
The Guardian, 28 July 2026
6 November 2024
A Prison Service spokesperson said the prisoner police had regarded as the prime suspect died at HMP Full Sutton; no charges had been brought against him in the Lamplugh case.
The Guardian, 6 November 2024
28 July 2026
Detective Chief Inspector Teresa Foster, who leads the Metropolitan Police cold case homicide team, made a renewed appeal for information and said police were not giving up on finding where Lamplugh is.
The Guardian, 28 July 2026
28 July 2026
Police case materials included 178 boxes of notes and evidence, 3,000 files uploaded to the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System, and 26,000 entries in a card index of tipoffs, persons of interest and witnesses.
The Guardian, 28 July 2026
28 July 2026
Police planned to follow up about 30 potential witness leads over the next 12 months and said the case could become inactive if no useful information emerged, while still allowing response to new leads.
The Guardian, 28 July 2026
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
Where is Suzy Lamplugh?Unconfirmed; police said finding her remains is still a priority. · unconfirmed
What happened after she left for the Fulham appointment on 28 July 1986?Unconfirmed; no body has been found and no one has been convicted. · unconfirmed
Who was the person recorded as "Mr Kipper" in Lamplugh's diary?Unconfirmed in the trusted reporting reviewed. · unconfirmed
Will the remaining potential witness leads produce a breakthrough?Unconfirmed; police planned further follow-up over 12 months. · unconfirmed
Which legal-declaration year is correct?Conflicting trusted reporting: The Guardian's 2026 article gives 1993, while multiple earlier Guardian reports give 1994. · unconfirmed
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