CountingDeadWomen

UK women killed by men or where a man is the principal/primary suspect.

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So far the Femicide Census has recorded at least 90 UK women and girls aged 13 and over who have been killed in 2026, in circumstances in which a man or men are primary suspects. https://t.co/2W2yfzxYeK

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15 September 2026: Zena Hoskins, 77, was killed by her husband at the home they shared in Milton, Oxfordshire. Her husband, David Hoskins, 80, then killed himself.

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31 October 2026: Eleanor O'Dell, 33, was stabbed to death at an address in Llandudno, North Wales. Christopher Thomas Ellis, 36, has been charged with her murder.

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10 October 2026: A 36-year-old woman who has not yet been named, was stabbed to death in West Drayton, London. Saleh Saleh, 33, has been charged with her murder.

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22 May 2026: Jill Ellis, 78, was found dead at a home in Ashford, Surrey. Her husband, David Ellis, 80, has been charged with her murder. He pled not guilty to the charge on 2 November at Guildford Crown Court and is scheduled to stand trial there in January 2027.

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8 January 2026: Delia McInerney, 64,is believed to have been killed on or before 12 April 2023. Her remains were found on 8 January 2026 at a flat in St Helens, Merseyside. George Christopher Gordon, 65, has been charged with murder, fraud, theft and preventing lawful burial.

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CONVICTED: On 6 March 2026: Jennifer Symonds, 44, was recovered from a river in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, where she had been killed via drowning. Nelio Gouveia, 44, has been convicted of her murder and is awaiting sentencing.

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4 Oct 2026: Elena Chiriac, 22, was killed in a collision on the A1(M) near Barton, North Yorkshire. Her brother, Florin Chiriac, 31, has been charged with murder. Another man, Cristi Chiriac, 25, has been charged with encouraging or assisting the commission of assault offences.

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SENTENCED: October 2026: Vivienne Baraka, 35, was strangled to death at an address in Ealing, London, in March 2024. Alvin Gitahi, 43, was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 21 years and three months.

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ADDITIONAL CHARGES: 15 October 2026: Alisha Samuels, 26, was stabbed to death in a street in Manchester. Lawrence Johnson, 26, was charged with murder. A further 2 men have been charged with murder: Carl Hardy, 19 & Tony Evans, 19. All have also been charged with attempted murder

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We know that over the course of the next weeks and months, this figure will increase, not only as the year progresses but cases that have received little media coverage will go to trial and early next year Femicide Census FOIs to police forces will reveal further killings.

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So far the Femicide Census has recorded at least 90 UK women and girls aged 13 and over who have been killed in 2026, in circumstances in which a man or men are primary suspects. https://t.co/2W2yfzxYeK

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We only include cases where a man or men have been charged, or otherwise been identified as being responsible for killing a women (for example in cases where the suspected perpetrator also killed himself and therefore cannot be charged.)

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19 October 2026: Eleanor Barnfield, 47, died in hospital after her car collided with a wall in Bridgend, Wales. She has sustained injuries, described as ‘puncture wounds’ that were not relayed to the collision. Clifford Foster, 61, has been charged with her murder.

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15 October 2026: Alisha Samuels, 26, was stabbed to death in a street in Manchester. Lawrence Johnson, 26, has been charged with her murder. It is not yet known how they were known to each other.

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CONVICTED: On 31 May 2026, Beryl Pyke, 84, was beaten and stabbed to death at the home she shared with her husband in Aldwick, West Sussex. Her husband Michael Pyke, 78, has pleaded guilty to murder and is awaiting his sentence.

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CONVICTED: On 21 June 2026, Joan Hardy, 72, was stabbed to death at a home she shared with her son in Linton, near Swadlincote. Her son, Adrian Hardy, 52, has pleaded guilty to her murder and is awaiting sentence.

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6 October 2026: Elizabeth Hardy, 73, was found with serious injuries at a house in Hitchin, Hertfordshire and pronounced dead at the scene. Her nephew, Douglas Hardy, 59, who lived on the same street, has been charged with her murder.

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We know that over the course of the next weeks and months, this figure will increase, not only as the year progresses but because cases that have received little media coverage will go to trial and early next year Femicide Census FOIs to police forces will reveal further killings

[CountingDeadWomen @CountDeadWomen]

So far the Femicide Census has recorded at least 88 UK women and girls aged 13 and over who have been killed in 2026, in circumstances in which a man or men are primary suspects.
https://t.co/2W2yfzxYeK

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We only include cases where a man or men have been charged, or otherwise been identified as being responsible for killing a women (for example in cases where the suspected perpetrator also killed himself and therefore cannot be charged.)