Shelley Morgan

Shelley Morgan
Real name: Shelley Morgan

Nicknames: None

Location: Backwell near Bristol, England

Date: October 14, 1984

Bio
Occupation: Artist

Date of birth: 1949 or 1950

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Marital status: Married with two children

Characteristics: White female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Glasses.

Case
Details: Shelley Morgan was an American artist who was born and raised in Iowa, but emigrated to Britain in 1972. She, her husband Nigel, and their children Liam and Charlotte lived in Dunkerry Road in Windmill Hill, Wiltshire. On the morning of June 11, 1984, Shelley took Liam and Charlotte to the school bus stop. With her camera and tripod in a distinctive carpet bag, she told them that she planned to spend the day taking photographs at Avon Gorge. Police were notified that same afternoon when she failed to collect the children from school. It was soon discovered that she had taken a bus from East Street to Bristol bus station on the morning she vanished, and police believed that she then boarded the .359 bus to Portishead. That September, an anonymous caller told police that Shelley's body would be found in a "watery grave" and named a specific location, but searches turned up nothing. On October 14, children playing in the North Somerset village of Backwell came upon the decaying body of the thirty-four-year-old mother in Long Lane. She had been stabbed fourteen times in the back and was clad only in tights and sandals. Her prized Olympus OM20 camera, bag and tripod were missing and have never been located.

Suspects: None.

Extra Notes: This case aired on November 6, 1984, the show's fifth episode.

Results: Unsolved.

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