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Lord Lucan

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Lord Lucan

Banker turned

professional gambler

Separated from

Lady Lucan

Lord and Lady Lucan

Deep in debt

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7 November 1974

Bloodstained

Ran into a pub at 9:45 pm

Lady Lucan

“Help me, help me, help me, I have

just escaped from being murdered”

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7 November 1974

Children upstairs

unharmed and asleep

Nanny dead

Her home

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The crime scene

Bent, bloodstained lead pipe in hallway

Nothing happened

4 upper floors

Ground floor

Bloodstains at top of stairs

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Door to basement was open

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The crime scene

Blood on walls and floor of breakfast room

Man’s footprint found

In the basement

Pool of blood

Nanny’s body in a bloodstained sack

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Lord Lucan on that day

Wrote and posted letters

Visited friend 60 km outside

London at 11:30 PM

Left

Lord Lucan

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Lord Lucan

Never seen again

Car found by the

sea 3 days later

Lord Lucan

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Lord Lucan’s Story

Saw struggle

in basement

Walking past

the house

Went in to help

Lady Lucan

Attacker ran off & Lord Lucan

slipped in a pool of blood

Lady Lucan

ran away

Feared he would

be blamed

Fled

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Lady Lucan’s Story

8:30 pm

8:40 pm

9:15 pm

Nanny went to

the basement

Went to look for nanny

Nanny put

children to bed

Attacked by Lord Lucan

9:45 pm

Escaped

to the pub

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Forensic Evidence

Lady Lucan: A

Nanny: B

Blood types

Bloodstains around house

Top of stairs: A

Basement: B

Lead pipe: A & B

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Forensic Evidence

Where was Lady Lucan attacked?

Did Lord Lucan slip or step in the blood?

Lady Lucan: “at the ground floor”

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Lord Lucan: “in the basement”

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Forensic Evidence

No confirmed sightings of Lord Lucan

Never arrested and charged

Now legally presumed dead

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Summary

Blood biochemistry

Tests for blood

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Scientific basis of blood types

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Blood spatter patterns and analysis

How blood type can be used

even though it is not individualised

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