Joe Coughlan

With its vast population of over 9million, the prevalence of unidentified bodies in London is not overly surprising. Since the sixties, 189 bodies found in the capital still remain anonymous – the most out of all police force areas in the UK. Emma Tilley, a PhD student at Staffordshire University who also works with Locate… Read More »Lost contacts and outdated systems: accounting for London’s unidentified bodies

For decades, UK police forces have struggled to instil a suitable procedure for missing on a night out cases. “One case in Manchester even saw the police telling the mother of a young man, ‘Don’t worry, I’m sure he’s shacked up some nice young lady. He’ll be back in a couple of days,’” says Geoff… Read More »Solving the puzzle of people who go missing on a night out