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George RUSSELL

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Robbery
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: May 28, 1948
Date of arrest: June 6, 1948
Date of birth: 1902
Victim profile: Minnie Freeman Lee, 96
Method of murder: Asphyxiated, probably from her internment in a trunk
Location: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Status: Executed by hanging at Oxford Prison on 2nd December 1948
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mrs Freeman Lee was a 94-year-old eccentric recluse who lived alone in her dusty, cobweb-ridden house at Maidenhead. On 1st June 1948 the milkman noticed that the previous day's delivery had not been taken in and looked through the letter-box. He saw a woman's shoe and some keys on the floor near a large, black trunk.

He called the police and they forced their way into the house. On examining the trunk they found the tied up body of the old woman. She had head injuries but had asphyxiated, probably from her internment in the trunk.

It was assumed that robbery was the motive for the killing and in the dust on top of a cardboard box police discovered the partial prints of a possible assailant. The prints were soon traced to George Russell, who had previous convictions for theft and housebreaking.

He was arrested in St Albans and initially denied any involvement in the murder. Police, however, discovered in his possession a scarf that had belonged to Mrs Lee. He went on to admit that he had approached Mrs Lee about a job as gardener.

Russell was tried at Berkshire Assizes and found guilty. He was hanged at Oxford Prison on 2nd December 1948. 

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George Russell

Mrs Minnie Freeman Lee was a 94-year-old eccentric recluse who lived alone in her dusty, cobweb-ridden house in Ray Park Avenue, Maidenhead. On 1st June 1948 the milkman noticed that the previous day's delivery had not been collected and looked through the letterbox. He saw a woman's shoe and some keys on the floor near a large, black trunk. He called the police and they forced their way into the house.

On examining the trunk officers found the tied-up body of the old woman. She had head injuries but had asphyxiated, probably from her internment in the trunk. It was assumed that robbery was the motive for the killing and, in the dust on top of a cardboard box, police discovered the partial prints of a possible assailant.

The prints were soon traced to 45-year-old George Russell, who had previous convictions for theft and housebreaking. He was arrested in St Albans and initially denied any involvement in the murder. Police, however, discovered, in his possession, a scarf that had belonged to Mrs Lee. He went on to admit that he had approached Mrs Lee about a job as gardener.

Russell was tried at Berkshire Assizes and found guilty. He was hanged at Oxford Prison on 2nd December 1948.

Murder-UK.com

 
 


Mrs Freeman's body in the trunk.

 

 

 
 
 
 
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