Evidence · Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990
The strongest foul-play case turned out to be an ordinary crime
The case most often cited as a staged killing, Shani Warren bound and gagged in Taplow Lake, was solved in 2022 as a sexually motivated murder by a local offender, not an intelligence killing.
What it means
Key questionDid any of the deaths share a common cause, such as killings by an intelligence service?
3 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Still possiblewas No evidence yet
What it implies
- The assassination theory has lost its strongest example.For the key question: Did any of the deaths share a common cause, such as killings by an intelligence service?
Next steps 2
1
Read FCO 65/3861 and FCO 7/8389 at Kew
Adds evidenceFair odds~6 h
11score
Details
The open Foreign Office files on Wash (1986) and Moyle (1991) are the only official files on any of these deaths known to be readable. They would show what the government knew and said privately.
2
Request the Avon and Somerset police reports on Dajibhai and Sharif
Adds evidencePoor odds
4score
Details
Freedom of Information request to Avon and Somerset Police and to the Avon coroner for the 1986-87 reports and inquest files. If released, they would show what evidence of third parties, if any, was found.
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 2
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The strongest foul-play case turned out to be an ordinary crime [Evidence EVD0DGGC36QJG8A]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DGGC36QJG8A
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