Talk:Cleft chin murder

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Why were these known as the "cleft chin" murders? Did the perpetrators and/or victims all have cleft chins? Was it metaphorical? This is a glaring omission. For all I know, the answer is well-known in the UK but for a more global persepctive, this information should be included. --Icarus 18:33, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Are we sure that more than one of the victims actually died? Orwell's piece (here) says: "It was almost chance that the two people concerned committed that particular murder, and it was only by good luck that they did not commit several others". He says the taxi driver was killed, but it's not explicit whether the other 2 victims died or not.... Evercat 02:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleft Chin Murder

There are plenty of google references to the name: http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/chelft_chin_case.htm states that the taxi driver had a cleft chin, hence the name. Note it refers to it as murder in the singular. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TheoGB (talk • contribs) 11:26, 27 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Page Re-Direct and Edit Proposal

I've read more about this murder and the film made about it featuring Kiefer Sutherland and after re-reading Orwell's essay I am 99% certain that only one victim was claimed. I am going to create a Cleft Chin Murder page and edit the information with some cited refernces and redirect Cleft Chin Murders to there.Surferwoz 13:28, 14 May 2007 (UTC)