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30-Year Cold Case Solved: Man Admits Murder
11 Sep
Summary
- Man pleads guilty to murder after 28 years
- Woman missing since 1998 has body never found
- Guilty plea entered at Wolverhampton Crown Court
In a significant development for a decades-old case, Trevor Dunkley, 66, has pleaded guilty to the murder of Patricia Lashley. Lashley went missing in September 1998, when she was 33 years old and last seen near her home on Hall Street in Dudley.
Dunkley entered his guilty plea for murder and a separate charge of preventing lawful burial at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday. He has been remanded in custody.
Patricia Lashley, a mother of seven, had moved to Dudley in the 1990s and was understood to have known Dunkley. Her remains have never been found. The court has set November 6th for his sentencing.
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