On 8th November 1974Lord Lucan,a British aristocrat,vanished.The day before,his children's nannyhad been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too.To this
day the Britishpublic are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never beenfound.Now,over 30 years later,the police have reopened the case,hoping that new
DNA techniques willhelp solve this murder mystery.
People suspectedthat"Lucky",as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he nolonger lived with.They say that Lucan entered his old house and in thedark,killed the
nanny by mistake.His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,butmanaged to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan
had killed thenanny.
What happened nextis unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of threecategories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might havebeen
killed.It appearsthat the night after the murder,"Lucky"borrowed a car and droveit,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan hadcommitted suicide
by sinking his boatin the
Another version ofevents says that"Lucky"left the blood-soaked car on the coast andtook a ferry to France.He was met there by someone who drove him to safety inanother
country.However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in themurder too and so Lucan was killed.
A furtherfascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan Mac Laiwhlin.aformer detective.He believes that Lucan traveled to
the identity of aMr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in
was really Haplin,anex-school teacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about Lucky?DNA testinghas solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on
this one.
A.jumping intowater
B.jumping out of hishouse
C.sailing his boat
D.sinking his boat
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