David Attenborough once helped solve a murder known as 'the Barnes mystery'. A mysterious skull was found in the broadcaster's back garden and it turns out it belonged a woman who was brutally murdered in 1879, as reported by BBC. Julia Martha Thomas was killed by her maid, Kate Webster, 29, and the mystery case was finally solved in October 2010, thanks to the finding in the presenter's back garden, after workmen dug it up.
Eve though Webster was tried and executed for the murder, the head was never found, while the remains of the body were erringly thrown in the Thames and in various places around London. The murder victim pretty much lived in the exact same spot as Attenborough on a road in Richmond, south-west London. The adjacent land also used to have a pub on it, which was said to be a favourite of the killer. "To have the head of Mrs Thomas found on Sir David’s property adds a whole new twist to the story."
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