MORRIS Raymond Leslie

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"The Monster of Cannock Chase"Raymond Leslie Morris
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Deceased
Personal Information
Born	August 13, 1929 Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Died	March 2014 (aged 84) Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Cause of Death	Natural causes
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Criminal Information
AKA	The A34 Killer The Monster of Cannock Chase The Half-Day Killer
Offender Type	Suspected Serial Killer
Method of Killing	Strangulation Suffocation
Victim Type	Young girls
Convictions	Murder (x1) Indecent assault (x2) Attempted abduction (x1)
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment (1969)
Victims	1-3
Span of crimes	September 8, 1965 – August 19, 1967
Country	United Kingdom
State	England
City	Staffordshire
Date apprehended	November 15, 1968
Imprisonment	Winson Green Prison HM Prison Preston

Victims

Confirmed victims

Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death
Christine Darby	7	August 19, 1967	August 22, 1967

Survivors

Name	Age	Date of Attack	Method of Attack
Julia Taylor	9	December 2, 1964	Strangulation

Suspected victims

Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death
Margaret Reynolds	6	September 8, 1965	January 12, 1966
Diana Tift	5	December 30, 1965	January 12, 1966	Suffocation

Links

• Cannock Chase murders at Wikipedia