Furthermore, this vehicle was the only green and cream coloured Ford Corsair in the United Kingdom with any permutation of these numbers and letters. A detailed examination of the crime scene itself on the morning of 23 August revealed fragmented tyre tracks determined to have been made by a family-sized saloon car close to where Darby's body had been discovered. As well as being a storage area for ammunition during the Second World War, the caves hosted illegal raves during the 1990s. The four-year enquiry into the Cannock Chase murders is reported to be one of the most exhaustive British child murder investigations of the 20th century. According to lore, the Black-Eyed Child appears suddenly and asks for help, usually in a child-like voice.

Staffordshire County Council used laser-scanning technology to recreate the site as a 3D interactive model that can be explored online.

The child was informed her mother had asked this individual to transport her to her aunt's home to "fetch Christmas presents".

Over 2,000 copies of this facial composite of the individual seen close to Plantation 110 were distributed throughout the country on 5 September, with one national newspaper, the Daily Express, publishing the Identikit on their front page shortly thereafter. The most famous ghost, known as the Lady of the Chase, has been witnessed by many visitors to the area. Confronted with statements from his wife and in-laws as to the timing of his movements on the date of Darby's abduction on the evening of 15 November, Morris became distraught, but quickly regained his composure—frequently refusing to answer questions. I heard clumpy footsteps coming up the stairs but when I went to investigate, there was no-one there.He appeared at Cannock Magistrates Court on 7 January 1969, and was committed for trial on this date. Two representatives—Detective Superintendent Ian Forbes and Detective Sergeant Thomas Parry—arrived in Stafford on the afternoon of 22 August. As of 2014, he'd followed up on nine claims of black-eyed child encounters over the course of the preceding two years. First opened in the 1770s, the museum was later used as North Staffordshire's first public hospital from 1804 until 1869 - and many people who visit there believe it to be haunted. Highly respected and valued by his employer, by 1967, Morris had risen to the rank of foreman at a precision instruments factory in the town of Oldbury.

The modus operandi of Taylor's 1964 abduction and body disposal also led investigators to strongly link her abduction and attempted murder to the same perpetrator. The other witness, Jeanne Rawlings, had seen the vehicle driving slowly in the direction from Plantation 110.His own aunt, in fact, in 1982 was among an earlier generation of those who claimed similar encounters, before a 30-or-so year hiatus in sightings. In this article, we’ll discuss the infamous Black-Eyed Child and all the other mysteries surrounding Cannock Chase, plaguing locals for centuries. The application for a judicial review is the first stage in his attempts to have the matter referred back to the Court of Appeal after 42 years in prison.