#276 - Killing for Victory (Greenford, London, Britain)

Murder Mile UK True Crime

#276 - Killing for Victory

In the evening of Tuesday 20th of May 1941, 28-year-old single-mother Phyllis Crocker and her 18-month-old daughter Eileen went to bed, as usual. Being 3 months pregnant, Phyllis drank a cup of cocoa to help her sleep, as made by her husband. But little did she know it would make her sleep for an eternity.

  • Date: Tuesday 20th of May 1941 (bedtime, exact time unknown)
  • Location: Ground Floor Flat, 9 Goring Way, Greenford, London, UB6
  • Victims: 2 (Phyllis Elizabeth Crocker & Eileen Alice Crocker)
  • Culprits: 1 (Lionel Rupert Nathan Watson)
  • Method of death: poisoning by cyanide, infanticide and burial

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