DEAD FASHION GIRL: ARCHIVE
Donald Teare - conducted the autopsy on Jean Townsend
In 1954, Donald Teare was the chief Home Office pathologist. A bit of a celebrity. Check out his smug face. But really, he didn't have much to be smug about. The year before being called to Jean Townsend's body he'd investigated the serial killer John Christie - for the second time. Teare's first investigation of Christie's victims back in 1949 had been problematic. He’d neglected to take a vaginal swab, which is basic, from one of the bodies. The result was that Christie's lodger, Timothy Evans, was wrongly accused of murder. Evans was hung. After that, Christie killed four more women, including his wife.
Donald Teare - conducted the autopsy on Jean Townsend
In 1954, Donald Teare was the chief Home Office pathologist. A bit of a celebrity. Check out his smug face. But really, he didn't have much to be smug about. The year before being called to Jean Townsend's body he'd investigated the serial killer John Christie - for the second time. Teare's first investigation of Christie's victims back in 1949 had been problematic. He’d neglected to take a vaginal swab, which is basic, from one of the bodies. The result was that Christie's lodger, Timothy Evans, was wrongly accused of murder. Evans was hung. After that, Christie killed four more women, including his wife.