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Family of Serial Killer Harold Shipman’s First Victim Suspects Hundreds More Murders Uncovered

Todmorden, UK – The first victim of notorious serial killer Harold Shipman’s family fears that there may be hundreds more victims yet to be identified, even 20 years after Shipman took his own life. Shipman, a doctor, killed his 71-year-old patient, Eva Lyons, in 1975 with a fatal overdose of morphine before casually informing her husband of her passing. It wasn’t until 2002, during a £20 million inquiry, that the scale of Shipman’s atrocities was …

First Victim’s Family Believes Harold Shipman’s Death Toll Could Be Higher Than Previously Thought

MANCHESTER, England – Debbie Bartlett fears the death toll caused by Harold Shipman could be much higher than previously believed, as her grandmother Eva Lyons was the notorious doctor’s first victim in 1975. Shipman, known as one of the worst serial killers in British history, made a late-night house call to Lyons in 1975, giving the cancer patient a fatal dose of diamorphine before casually announcing her death to her unsuspecting husband. It wasn’t until …