"It was not my wife who was killed." A 100-year-old murder murderer, deepening mystery by DNA appraisal

It was death sentences in the UK in 1910 as killing the wife and cutting the corpse, filling it in the basement of the houseHomeopathyA doctorHawley Harvey Crippen, Commonly known as "Dr. Crippen (Dr. Clippen)". It is famous for passenger ships aboard to escape to Canada, the "masterpiece of arrests using the world's first radio", which has been found out by the captain to be the identity, becomes a model of novels and movies, and wax figuresMadam Tussaud HouseIt is a famous murderer who is also exhibited in.

A scientific investigation that passed the century after the incident found that the corpse found at Dr. Clippen 's home was not his wife and the likelihood that it was a crime is increasing.

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Michigan native Dr. Klippen moved to the UK in 1890 with his second wife, Cora Turner, a stage singer, and was making a living as a homeopathic doctor.


When Cora lost on 31 January 1910 after a party held at his home in London, Dr. Klippen said that "Cora returned to America," later added that "Cora died and was cremated in California" It is said that. Dr. Clippen 's mistress Ethel Neave came to live with Dr. and a friend who thought suspiciously because he saw him wearing Cora' s clothes and jewels notified Cora 's missing to the police, so a house search was conducted, Dr. ClippenRipping jackFamous for the investigation ofWalter Dew InspectorateWas interrogated.

At the time of searching for the house at this time, no evidence was found and it was said that Du Yuen was not particularly suspicious, but Dr. Klippen who got into a panic escaped to Belgium with the mistress Ethel, Ethel disguised as a boy , 2 passengers heading from Antwerp to Canada on 20th July as the first passenger "Robinson Parents"SS MontroseI will board the ship.


The police who deepened suspicion due to the two "high flying" again searched the house three times and found a corpse buried under the floor of the brick of the basement of Dr. Klippen at the third home search . The corpse was only found at the torso part, but his head and limbs were not found, but he seems to have been identified as Cora 's scar from the abdominal skin. Also,Anticholinergic drugofScopolamineTraces of it have also been found.

Dew police (right end) who searches for garden of Dr. Clippen.


On the other hand, on the ship, I suspected "Robinson Parents" suspiciouslyHenry George KendallThe captain says, "There is a strong suspicion that there are clippens and accomplices of London's underground murderer among the first passenger who is stretching his beard with a mustache getting disguised as a juvenile, disguised as a juvenile, doubting the shape and gesture It is a woman's thing, "he told the British authorities. This is the first case that a telegraph using a radio that was still rare at the time led to the arrest of a criminal suspect.

Due Yuu is faster than SS Montrose when receiving a telegramSS LaurenticTake the Quebec crawlersSt. Lawrence RiverFrom the mouth of the estuaryA pilot-in-personIn the Montrose issue, I got into the Montrose issue and said, "Good morning, Dr. Klippen. Do you remember me?" And on July 31, 1910, Dr. Klippen and Mistress Ethel were arrested on board the Montrose ship. is.

Dr. Klippen who is taken to Dew Inspector (central black hat) and gets off the ship.


Dr. Klippen and Ethel were brought back to the UK and Ethel was found guilty at trial, but Dr. Klippen was sentenced to death for murder and was hanged on 23rd November 1910.

Even if Dr. Klippen was on board at the third etc., not even at the time, it could have escaped without catching the captain's eyes, yetBritish CommonwealthIt is said that the possibility of having escaped if it aimed at America that is a hometown, not Canada who was a self-governing body within, is said to have been high.

It can be said that "Skin with scarred skin" found in the basement of Dr. Clippen 's home was presented as evidence in court, and it can be said that it became the decisive factor of the death sentence, but recently DNA identification has confirmed that this skin is Cora's It has turned out not to be.


Michigan State UniversityDr. David Foran, a forensic scientist at Dr. David Foran, conducted a DNA appraisal in cooperation with Cora's relatives who lived in the United States and identified that the skin was not from Cora. Furthermore, it has also become clear that this skin is male by subsequent examination. The findings areJournal of Forensic SciencesIt is published in the magazine.

"The only thing scientifically definitely can be said is that the organization that was regarded as evidence is not Cora's, Krippen killed someone else, that corpse was discovered from underground, We can not deny the possibility that the evidence was conceived by investigators, "Dr. Foran says.