FOI 791-2024 / Sep 2024 / Murders
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 791-2024
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 4th September 2024 as follows:
Since 1st April 2011, how many no-body murders (i.e., at the time you declared it was a murder, the victim’s body had not been recovered) has your police force recorded?
For each homicide, please state:
(1) the financial year the homicide was recorded,
(2) what the suspect/s outcome was or whether no suspect has been charged, (3) the financial year in which any suspect/s outcome was obtained, and
(4) whether, and in what financial year, a body was subsequently recovered.
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: During the stated period Warwickshire Police has recorded one case which falls within the remit of your request. Further information is available in the public domain and is therefore exempt from disclosure by virtue of Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act – ‘Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means. Please find a link to the relevant article set out below:
Woman arrested in connection with disappearance of Warwick man | Warwickshire Police
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
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