Overview
- Suzy Lamplugh disappeared after leaving her Fulham office for an appointment logged as “Mr Kipper” on July 28, 1986, and her abandoned white Ford Fiesta was later found in nearby Stevenage Road.
- The Metropolitan Police cold case homicide unit has said it will move the inquiry to an inactive phase within 12 months, meaning investigators will no longer work the case day to day but will follow up any new leads.
- Detectives still regard John Cannan as the prime suspect but he died in prison in November 2024 and was never charged because the Crown Prosecution Service found the evidence insufficient in 2002.
- Repeated forensic reviews have produced no match: mitochondrial DNA tests on seat tapings returned no usable profile, a smudged fingerprint on the car was never identified, and extensive searches and digs across the UK have found no trace.
- The case prompted the Suzy Lamplugh Trust and changed lone‑worker safety practices; the family has released previously unpublished photos and investigators say fresh witness information or advances in forensic science and AI are the only realistic routes to locate her remains.