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Playboy Bunny & Teen Murderer Linked by DNA Decades Later
4 Sep
Summary
- DNA evidence linked the killer of a teen to a Playboy Bunny murder.
- Two young women were murdered on opposite sides of London.
- The killer of Lynne Weedon and Eve Stratford remains unidentified.
In 1975, two brutal murders rocked London, shattering the lives of young women and their families. Sixteen-year-old Lynne Weedon was attacked and killed in a Hounslow alleyway on September 3, 1975, dying a week later from her injuries. Six months earlier, on March 18, 1975, 22-year-old Eve Stratford, a Playboy Bunny, was found murdered in her east London apartment.
Initially, these crimes appeared unrelated, occurring on opposite sides of the city with no apparent connection between the victims. However, nearly three decades later, advancements in DNA technology provided a devastating link. Forensic analysis revealed that the same individual was responsible for both killings.
Despite a renewed appeal and a £40,000 reward offered in 2015, the killer has never been identified. The Metropolitan Police confirmed in 2025 that both cases remain active investigations, with historical unsolved cases regularly reviewed.
The families of both Weedon and Stratford have endured unimaginable pain, with Lynne's mother expressing the lifelong grief of what her daughter missed, and Stratford's relatives dying without justice.
