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Alfred Arthur Rouse murder case
Alfred Arthur Rouse murder case
"Forty years of age, between 5 ft 6 in [and] 5 ft 8 in. tall, respectably dressed in a light-coloured overcoat, with the [general] appearance of a clerk." The man also had "a slight brogue", and had a boxing or sporting tattoo on his right forearm. Furthermore, he had been wearing police boots which Rouse claimed the man had informed him had been given to him by London police. The man also carried a sports diary.
..... on either 2 or 3 November, he had sought out a man of roughly the same build as himself with whom he had become casually acquainted at a pub named the Swan and Pyramid whom he (Rouse) claimed had previously told him "the usual hard-luck story", and had informed him: "Guv'nor, I've got nobody in the world [who] cares whether I live or die."
DNA tests draw blank in 1930 murderThe Wiki article on Rouse says that authorities were checking 9 other "strong leads" relating to the unidentified man in late 2014 but apparently none have panned out otherwise we would have heard something.
Although unsuccessful, their case featured on The One Show and elsewhere last year and prompted 15 families to contact the University of Leicester.
Forensic science expert Dr John Bond and his team whittled the cases down to nine possible victims.
Each family was put forward for DNA testing, but no matches have been found.
Dr Bond said that while the outcome was disappointing, he would carry on with the investigation.
"We have processed the DNA from these nine families and, unfortunately, it is very unlikely any of them are a match to the victim.
"That said, we have two other families who have come forward, so the search continues.