The Lindlow Case
According to Buzzfeed.com, Malika de Fernandez went missing in 1961, and her husband, Peter Reyn-Bardt, was suspected of murdering her. A body was never found, so he was never arrested. When a human skull was found in the Lindow Moss bog in the ’80s, he confessed to killing her and dumping her body near the bog. Except the skull didn’t belong to Malika.” The skull belonged to a woman who lived in ancient roman times. Peter and Malika had been married for convenience for less than a year. Initially, they amicably separated, but when Malika turned up at Peter’s residence, where he had been living with a man, she demanded more money and threatened to expose his sexuality. The disagreement escalated, leading to her death. He cut up her body with an ax and buried her on the edge of the bog. Peter confessed to the crime, thinking it was Malika’s skull that was found. He went to trial and was sentenced to life in prison.