John Reginald Halliday Christie (1899 – 1953), known to his family and friends as Reg Christie. English serial killer and alleged necrophile active during the 1940s and early 1950s. He murdered at least eight people—including his wife, Ethel—by strangling them in his flat at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London.
Two of Christie's victims were Beryl Evans and her baby daughter Geraldine, who, along with Beryl's husband, Timothy Evans, were tenants at 10 Rillington Place during 1948–49. This case sparked huge controversy after Evans was charged with both murders, found guilty of the murder of his daughter, and hanged in 1950. Christie was a major prosecution witness; when his own crimes were discovered three years later, serious doubts were raised about the integrity of Evans's conviction. Christie himself subsequently admitted killing Beryl, but not Geraldine; it is now generally accepted that Christie murdered both Beryl and Geraldine and that police mishandling of the original inquiry allowed Christie to escape detection and enabled him to murder four more women. The High Court quashed Evans's conviction in 2004, accepting that Evans did not murder either his wife or his child.
- "Unlike Ernest, Reg was small, skinny and slight; a shy boy with pale ginger hair and a limp handshake..." https://www.murdermiletours.com/.../murder-mile-true...
- "His hair was a reddish-ginger color and his eyes were pale blue." https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/christie-john.htm
- "With reddish ginger hair and pale blue eyes, he was considered by his sisters as “pretty”..." https://serialkillercalendar.com/JOHN-CHRISTIE-SERIAL...
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