保姆遇害当晚,伯爵开着借来的车消失在夜里。半个世纪过去,英国还在问:卢坎在哪?
1974 年 11 月 7 日夜,第七代卢坎伯爵约翰·宾厄姆家中的保姆桑德拉·里维特在地下室被击杀,伯爵夫人亦遭袭击后逃出呼救并指认丈夫。卢坎当夜驾借来的车南逃,车辆弃于纽黑文港,人从此消失。验尸法庭裁定他为凶手,而他的下落成为英国最著名的悬案之一。
- 1974.11.07 夜保姆里维特在地下室遇害;伯爵夫人受袭后逃至酒馆呼救
- 当夜稍晚卢坎致电母亲并造访友人,留下语焉不详的说法后驾车离去
- 1974.11.10借来的福特车被发现弃于纽黑文港,车内有铅管与血迹
- 1975.06验尸法庭裁定里维特系被卢坎伯爵杀害——英国末次由死因庭指认凶手
- 1999 / 2016先后被推定死亡并颁发死亡证明
数十年间的『目击』遍布全球——非洲农场、澳大利亚小镇、印度流浪汉『丛林巴里』;亦有传言称赌场圈好友助其偷渡后,因风险太大而将其『处理』,或他隐居至老死。
警方与多数研究者倾向:卢坎在案发后数小时内自杀,或蹈海或以其他方式弃世,遗体未被寻获——弃车地点紧邻英吉利海峡渡口。1999 年他被依法推定死亡,2016 年颁发死亡证明,爵位由其子继承。
- 01遗体从未找到——自杀说没有物证闭环
- 02案发当晚他到底想杀的是谁——主流认为目标是伯爵夫人
- 03上流社交圈是否协助其潜逃,相关人等始终讳莫如深
The night his children's nanny was murdered, the earl drove a borrowed car into the dark. Half a century on, Britain still asks: where is Lucan?
On the night of 7 November 1974, Sandra Rivett, nanny to the children of John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, was bludgeoned to death in the family basement; Lady Lucan, also attacked, escaped and named her husband. Lucan fled south in a borrowed car, abandoned at Newhaven, and was never seen again. An inquest named him the killer; his whereabouts became one of Britain's great open questions.
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