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| Dead man's 1970 murder confession | Dead man's 1970 murder confession |
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| An elderly man who recently died of cancer left a confession to a murder left unsolved for almost 38 years. | An elderly man who recently died of cancer left a confession to a murder left unsolved for almost 38 years. |
| Harvey Richardson, 78, left nine sides of A5 paper detailing the strangulation of 19-year-old Lorraine Jacob in Liverpool in September 1970. | Harvey Richardson, 78, left nine sides of A5 paper detailing the strangulation of 19-year-old Lorraine Jacob in Liverpool in September 1970. |
| The teenager was found by refuse workers in the city centre. | |
| Her death remained a mystery until a gun, a letter, clothing and press cuttings were found in Richardson's home in Aspull, near Wigan. | Her death remained a mystery until a gun, a letter, clothing and press cuttings were found in Richardson's home in Aspull, near Wigan. |
| Hospice death | |
| Miss Jacob was last seen walking alone in Liverpool along Pilgrim Street towards Hardman Street late at night on 1 September 1970. | |
| Her body was found early the following day by refuse workers in a back alley behind a building in Rodney Street. Some of her clothing was missing. | |
| Merseyside Police announced on 18 February that they were reopening the case following the death of the pensioner. | |
| He died of cancer in a hospice in Wigan on 9 February. | |
| Richardson is believed to have lived in Huskisson Street, Liverpool, and worked in a restaurant, possibly called The Mariners, at the time of the murder. |