The Lamplugh siblings in the early 1980s: l-r, Richard, Suzy, Tamsin and Lizzie
Credit: Paul Lamplugh
It was the summer of 1986. Prince Andrew had just married Sarah Ferguson, Gary Lineker signed for Barcelona, and The Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh was at number one.
On July 28, 25-year-old estate agent Suzy Lamplugh left her office in upmarket Fulham for a 12.45pm viewing appointment with a “Mr Kipper”. She would never return.
That night, her white Ford Fiesta car was found about a mile away, in the quiet street that ran past Fulham football ground, with Lamplugh’s purse still in the seat-door pocket. Det Sgt Mike Barley was called in that evening. “At that point,” he says, “we knew three things. Suzy had left the office about 12.30; her car had been found at one minute past 10; and she hadn’t been seen since. And 34 years on, we still only really know those three things.”