Documentary reveals fresh angle on the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh

It remains one of the most notorious unsolved cases in UK criminal history. And in a new twist, it seems that vital witness testimony was ignored by police. James Rampton explains

Suzy Lamplugh vanished into thin air (Shutterstock)

In 2000, Diana Lamplugh explained to a press conference how the disappearance of her daughter, Suzy, 14 years earlier had shattered her life. “I’m a mother, and I’ve lost part of my body. Part of my body has died.” 

These words still carry immense power after all these years and simply intensify the feeling that it is impossible to remain unmoved by the story of Suzy Lamplugh.  Her disappearance in 1986 remains one of the most notorious unsolved cases in UK criminal history. Thirty-five years after it happened, it continues to transfix us. 

In light of the very sad and shocking case this week of Sarah Everard, another young professional woman who went missing in south-west London, the details of Suzy’s disappearance bear repetition.