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Ryland Headley: Man, 92, who raped and murdered Louisa Dunne in Bristol nearly 60 years ago, jailed for life
- In July 2025, 92-year-old Ryland Headley was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 20 years for the 1967 rape and murder of Louisa Dunne, closing the UK's oldest cold case.
- After nearly six decades, Avon and Somerset Police reopened the case in 2023, leading to a DNA match and Headley's arrest in November 2024.
- Analysis revealed a DNA match 1 billion times more likely and a palm print from 1967 confirmed to Headley, leading to his arrest in 2024.
- In a victim impact statement, Dunne’s granddaughter said, 'We have a suspect,' after police contacted her nearly 60 years later, bringing long-awaited closure.
- Following the verdict, Avon and Somerset Police's cold case team continues examining links to other unsolved crimes across the UK, with many cases potentially impacted by forensic advances.
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Ryland Headley, accused of rape and murder of a woman in 1967, was finally charged with that crime and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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It has taken almost sixty years, but now the murder of the then 75-year-old Maria Dunne has finally been solved. The now 92-year-old man Ryland Headley has been found guilty of murder and rape of the elderly Dunne. The man has repeatedly abused women over the years and that has now cost him dearly.
92-year-old will ‘die in prison’ for historic rape and murder
A 92-year-old man has been told he will die in prison – after he was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years, for the rape and murder of a woman back in 1967. Ryland Headley was found guilty of killing Louisa Dunne – after Avon and Somerset Police re-opened the decades-old investigation. It’s thought to be the longest-running cold case murder ever to be solved in the UK.
The court sentenced Ryland Headley for the murder and abuse of Louisa Dunne, a crime that shocked the English community
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