Fri, Oct 19, 2007 - Page 6 News List

DNA casts doubt on infamous UK murder

INNOCENT A scientist called for pardoning a doctor hanged in 1910, as tests recently showed that a body found in a coal cellar was not his wife, whom he allegedly killed

THE GUARDIAN , LONDON

Records show that the same woman entered the US through Ellis Island from Bermuda in 1910 -- shortly after Mrs Crippen disappeared.

"Are Belle Rose and Cora Crippen one and the same?" asked Trestrail. "We can't prove any of that -- that is another investigation."

Trestrail believes that Crippen should be given a posthumous pardon.

On Tuesday, J. Patrick Crippen, his closest living relative, said: "Those of us in the family who have ever taken the time to explore the circumstances surrounding the trial, conviction and hanging of Dr Crippen have never been convinced that this was the finest example of English justice."

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