Murder

cleft chin murder

7 Oct 1944 · 51.43° N, 0.51° W

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When
7 Oct 1944
Kind
Murder
Coordinates
51.43° N, 0.51° W
Description
1944 murder in Staines, England

Placed at the town its description names, Staines.

Cleft chin murder

1944 murder in Staines, England

The cleft chin murder was a killing which occurred as part of a string of crimes during 1944, and was mentioned in George Orwell's essay "Decline of the English Murder". It became known as the "cleft chin murder" because the murder victim, George Edward Heath, a taxi driver, had a cleft chin.

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