In 1967, Ryland Headley raped and murdered 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in Bristol, escaping justice for more than fifty years by evading a massive manhunt. After moving to London and then Ipswich, the case went cold. In 2023, Avon and Somerset Police reopened the investigation using advanced DNA technology, leading to a match with Headley's profile. Arrested at the age of 92, Headley denied any wrongdoing, while evidence of his past crimes against two other elderly women emerged during the investigation.
Despite living with his wife in Montpelier, Ryland Headley brutally raped and murdered 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in 1967, evading justice for over fifty years.
In 2023, Avon and Somerset Police re-opened the cold case, leading to advancements in DNA technology that matched Headley's profile to evidence from the crime scene.
Headley's DNA had been uploaded to a national database in 2012 for an unrelated offense, which allowed police to connect him to the decades-old murder case.
Upon his arrest, 92-year-old Headley claimed ignorance of the charges, making statements that indicated a lack of acknowledgment about the decades of crime.
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