Relatives of all three children share investigators' conviction Morris had killed both children and attempted to murder Taylor in addition to having killed Christine Darby. By December, two charges of indecent assault pertaining to his niece and a further charge in relation to the attempted abduction of Margaret Aulton had also been filed against Morris. But there are also sightings of a large black cat, said to be the size of a panther - as well as a werewolf or dog-like animal with glowing eyes.

His testimony was accompanied by post-mortem photographs which illustrated the injuries inflicted upon the child.She lay half-concealed in undergrowth aside a water-logged ditch at Mansty Gulley on Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, between the villages of Penkridge and Littleton. The photo was captured by a drone hovering over Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, where people have reported horrifying sightings since the 1980s. Morris alleged in his testimony that, following his arrest, he had been beaten in police interrogations, that police had not offered him an opportunity to participate in an identity parade lineup, and that he had only become taciturn with police following his arrest when informed by Forbes his wife wanted "nothing further to do" with him.

No further action had been taken, although two police officers who had interviewed Morris on 29 February 1968 as part of the renewed house-to-house enquiries had commented upon the questionnaire Morris had filled in for investigators: "Very good likeness to the Identikit; not satisfied with this man due to the unsatisfactory alibi of wife alone. Numerous vehicles sighted on Mansty Gulley between 30 December and 12 January were traced, their owners interviewed, and subsequently eliminated from the enquiry following the verification of their whereabouts on crucial dates. As well as the terrifying sighting of otherwordly creatures, the forest has experienced a lot of ghostly sightings too. Three months later, on 30 December, a five-year-old girl named Diana Joy Tift disappeared from a street close to her Walsall home. Following these arguments, Judge Ashworth delivered a final address to the jury, informing the panel they must not "lump all the charges together" but consider each charge separately and deliver a separate verdict on each issue.This individual would later state he had overheard "weak, sobbing" noises as he cycled in the pouring rain and darkness and had stopped his bicycle to investigate the sounds. I didn’t want to be too nosy but the door to one of the houses was open and there was a woman sitting on the doorstep. Raymond Morris died at the HMP Preston health facility of natural causes on 11 March 2014 at the age of 84, [100] having spent the final 45 years of his life in prison. Other paranormal sightings at the 17th century property, in Smallthorne, include a male with a silver tipped cane standing at the top of the attic stairs. In response, a retired policewoman named Maureen Freeman, who had participated in the manhunt to identify and apprehend Morris, stated: "I'm sure the families of his victims would be disgusted.

The owners of these vehicles were interviewed, and their alibi on the date of Darby's abduction verified. Southeast of Rugeley Road the bedrock is provided by the mudstones, siltstones and sandstones of the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation, a succession dating from the end of the Carboniferous period, and which is separated from the overlying New Red Sandstone rocks by an unconformity. Although he bore a striking resemblance to the 1967 Identikit, Morris had not been considered a suspect warranting further investigation due to his second wife repeatedly providing him with a false alibi, and initial administrative protocol.Aside from traces of semen found upon and within Tift's body, no forensic evidence was recovered from the crime scene. After encountering her, some have even reported experiencing physical symptoms, such as nausea or headaches. These records revealed Morris's own brother had entered Walsall police station, stating he and his mother had long known of Morris's predilection for prepubescent girls and that they believed Morris to be capable of abducting and murdering Reynolds and Tift, whose bodies had at the time yet to be found. For those up to date with their creepypastas, stories of "black-eyed children" will sound all-too-familiar, right up there with testimonials such as that found on Times Online about shadow men (shadowy humanoid figures of absolute malevolence) and hat men (similar to shadow men, but with FBI-like trench coats and fedoras). Morris was transferred from Winson Green Prison to HM Prison Durham on 19 February to begin his life sentence.

Lots of people claim to have experienced paranormal activity here including cloth-capped children playing 'ring a ring o' roses' in the courtyard, a burly, bare-knuckle fighter near one of the kilns who is said to shout at anyone who goes near the area he haunts and even a lady in Victorian clothing who glides past people while giving off the sweet scent of lavender. Those who’ve seen her say she was dressed in old-fashioned clothing and has completely black eyes, with no visible white or iris. Cannock Chase, or the Chase as it’s known to locals, is a 26-square-mile forest and a designated area of outstanding natural beauty in the heart of Staffordshire. m.: Morris was found guilty of the attempted abduction of Margaret Aulton and the rape and murder of Christine Darby. The model of the village and surrounding area of Messines in Belgium, which included replica trenches and dugouts, railway lines, roads, and accurate contours of the surrounding terrain, was open to public view for a few weeks before being buried again to ensure its preservation.Two representatives—Detective Superintendent Ian Forbes and Detective Sergeant Thomas Parry—arrived in Stafford on the afternoon of 22 August.