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Kill Total: |
1 |
Kill place: |
Penley Clwyd, North Wales |
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Kill date: |
November 1988 |
Victim(s): |
Anna Humphries |
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Date of Birth: |
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Marital Status: |
Married |
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Evans was a violent man
who was known to police, this was a sex attack that went
badly wrong.
Whilst struggling
with 15 year old Anna Humphries in his car, the car
windscreen got smashed. With her body still in the boot,
he went to a garage to get a new windscreen fitted. He
then drove 40 miles and dumped her body in the river
Severn at Hampton Wade. Due to the increasing publicity in
her disappearance, Evans then went to France. His mother,
knowing of her son's previous violent behaviour and
concerned that his disappearance was linked to the
disappearance of Anna, informed the police, who publicised
his face widely. A lorry driver in France recognised him
several days later.
As well as a confession, there were several forensic tests
done to prove his guilt. Blood found in his car had the
same grouping as Anna's; fibres and a button from her
clothes were also found in the car. There were fragments
of glass both in the car and on the clothes of Evans,
which showed that the windscreen was smashed from the
inside whilst he was in it.
Evans was sentenced to
life imprisonment, with a recommendation that he serve at
least 30 years.
