This day in history: Glenis Carruthers, a student teacher, was strangled to death on Clifton Down in Bristol, England, after leaving her 21st birthday party on this day (January 18) in 1974.
"In January 1974, 20-year old Glenis Carruthers, from Amersham in Buckinghamshire, drove with her friend Sandra Hardyman from Bedford College, where they were both third-year students, to Sandra’s hometown of Bristol, to attend a party being held in honor of Sandra’s 21st birthday. The party took place at Sandra’s family home on Worcester Crescent in the Clifton area of the city, a quiet and affluent region with a large student population. There were around 40 people of all ages in attendance, including grandparents, parents and Sandra’s friends. Around 10pm, Glenis left the party for unknown reasons without telling anyone....The reasons for Glenis leaving the party remain a mystery.
After leaving the party, Glenis took a short walk through dark streets; there was an energy crisis in the UK at the time due to Prime Minister Edward Heath’s ongoing disputes with miners, which led to rolling power cuts, with many homes and businesses being lit with emergency generators and candles. This meant around half of all streetlights were not operational at the time, and the areas around the party and nearby Bristol Zoo, not well lit at the best of times, were plunged into near total darkness. Glenis’ father would later say 'I am now convinced that but for the absence of street lighting Glenis would have been alive today.' After walking around 0.4 miles (a distance which would typically take only about 7 minutes) Glenis came upon a grassy area by the entrance to Bristol Zoo Gardens, with a nearby telephone booth. It was here that Glenis was murdered.
Around 16,000 people have been interviewed in relation to Glenis’ murder, but no suspects were ever identified. The case was reopened in 2010 by a cold case review team, but no new leads have developed." Source
The case remained unsolved.
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