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morgue-diaries
The Triple Rettendon Murders
December 6th, 1995: In the quiet and uneventful village of Rettendon in Essex, England, three well-established criminals/ecstasy drug dealers named Patrick Tate, Craig Rolfe, and Tony Tucker, would be lured down a farm track and brutally murdered in their Range Rover by multiple shotgun blasts. Their faces were so disfigured by the blasts they could only be identified by their fingerprints.
The three men were discovered by a farmer and his friend on the morning of December 7th. It’s been alleged that they were lured to the farm track under the pretense of a lucrative drug deal. Ironically, the murders occurred four miles away from a town where another ecstasy-related incident took place.
On November 11th, 1995, an 18-year-old schoolgirl by the name of Leah Sarah Betts had taken an ecstasy pill and then consumed approximately 7 liters of water in a 90-minute time span. A few hours later, she fell into a coma, from which she, unfortunately, did not recover from. Many speculate the murders occurred solely due to this reason.
Criminal Convictions
The perpetrators of the murders, Jack Whomes and Michael Steele, were convicted largely due to a key witness/police informant named Darren Nicholls, who provided evidence against them during the trial. Nicholls was involved in the British underworld and had been arrested for several drug offenses in the past. His claim was that he had driven Steele and Whomes to and from the scene of the murder. Nicholls was given credibility for his testimony and served zero prison time for his role in the crime.
Alécia Morais for Wonderland Magazine Spring 2018, shot by Anairam.
