Murder & homicide · 1998 · 1990s

Harold Shipman Murders

Family doctor Harold Shipman was convicted in 2000 of murdering 15 patients but a public inquiry later estimated he may have killed between 215 and 260 people over 23 years in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire. He committed suicide in prison in 2004.

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