[Lottie]

The investigation into the Lord Lucan murder case has reopened - almost 30 years after his disappearance.

Detectives are examining existing police evidence and will use DNA profiling to try to solve the case.

The 7th Earl of Lucan vanished in November 1974, a day after the murdered body of his children's nanny Sandra Rivett was found at his London home.

Over the years numerous people have claimed sightings of the aristocrat, whose body has never been found.
There's still information coming into the police every year and each call is assessed and lines pursued where appropriate
Police spokesman

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "As with any unsolved murder the investigation is subject to review to examine any possible new lines of inquiry.

"There's still information coming into the police every year and each call is assessed and lines pursued where appropriate."

Declared dead

Lord Lucan's blood-soaked car was found abandoned in the port town of Newhaven, East Sussex, leading some, including his wife Lady Veronica Lucan, to believe he had drowned himself in the English Channel.

He was officially declared dead by the High Court in 1999.

A photograph of an elderly man - claimed to be Lord Lucan - was dismissed last year when it turned out to be that of a banjo player from Merseyside.

Former Scotland Yard detective Duncan MacLaughlin claimed in a newspaper that the missing Earl had died in Goa, India, in 1996.

He said the 1991 photograph of a dishevelled man with a long beard bore a resemblance to the 7th Earl of Lucan and claimed he had lived under the assumed name Barry Halpin, or Jungle Barry.

But BBC Radio 2 presenter Mike Harding poured cold water on the claim, saying that Barry Halpin, or Mountain Barry as he was known, was actually a well-known figure on the 1960s UK folk music scene.

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[ames2787]

Shock horror... for once in my life I used the search button to find out if this had already been posted it before posting about it.... good job and all hehehe....

Ames

[vimjams]

I wonder if this actually means there is something definite here and it might lead to an arrest (?)

[sarah snow]

This one went pretty quiet quite quickly, sadly. I would love to know the answer to this one.

I read a theory about maybe the 'Old Boys' network keeping Lucan safe etc, and Sir James Goldsmith was in the article (think it was in a Sunday newspaper's supplement magazine over here in the UK) but of course Sir James passed away so we may never know.

This one for me is like an itch I can't get rid of, I remember it being on the news as a child and it's fascinated me ever since

This post has been edited by sarah snow: 22 November 2008 - 11:19 PM

[louie]

Id love to get closure on this, ive been intrested in this case since i was a kid, always wondered where he ended up. wish they would find out.

[Bill Hill]

Where is Lucan?