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Kisan Vera Page wani lamari ne na kisan yara na Burtaniya Landan ba a warware shi ba daga farkon shekarun 1930. A ranar 14 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1931, an bayar da rahoton cewa Vera Page mai shekaru 10 ya ɓace bayan ta kasa komawa gidanta a Notting Hill, London, daga ziyarar da ta kai wa dangi mai kusa. An gano jikin yaron bayan kwana biyu a cikin shuke-shuke a kusa da Addison Road. An yi wa Vera fyade, sannan aka maƙure ta da hannu har ta mutu a cikin kisan da wani mai bincike ya bayyana a matsayin "mafi munin abin da na yi a lokacin aikina".[1]
Shaidar jiki mai ƙarfi da ta yanayi [2] sun wanzu da ke tabbatar da laifin wani ma'aikaci mai shekaru 41 mai suna Percy Orlando Rush, [1] wanda iyayensa ke zaune a cikin gidan guda da Vera. [3][1][1] Koyaya, a binciken mai bincike da aka gudanar a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu 1932, juriya ta yanke shawarar cewa babu isasshen shaidar gaske don tuhumar Rush da kisan ta. A hukumance, shari'ar ta kasance ba a warware ta ba.[1]
Rayuwa ta farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Vera Isobel Minnie Page a ranar 13 ga Afrilu 1921 a Hammersmith, Landan, ɗa kaɗai da aka haifa wa Charles da Isabel Page.[4] Iyalin Page sun kasance masu aiki. Mahaifin Vera ya yi aiki a matsayin mai zane tare da Great Western Railways kuma mahaifiyarta uwar gida ce. An bayyana Vera a matsayin sanannen yarinya mai jin kunya kuma mai halin kirki.[1]
Don kara yawan kudin shiga na iyali, Charles da Isabel a wasu lokuta sun ba da izinin masu masauki su zauna a gidansu, kodayake waɗannan masu masauki koyaushe ko dai 'yan uwa ne ko kuma mutane da aka sani da iyali. A watan Janairun 1931, dangin Page sun ƙaura daga Chapel Road, Notting Hill (wanda yanzu ake kira St. Marks Place), zuwa gidan bene uku a kusa da Blenheim Crescent. Iyalin ba su zauna a cikin gidan ba, amma ɗakuna a ƙasa da kuma ginshiki. Sauran mazauna da ke zaune a saman bene na wannan dukiya sun haɗa da ma'aurata masu matsakaicin shekaru masu suna Arthur da Annie Rush, waɗanda suka zauna a cikin dukiyar kusan shekaru ashirin.[4]
Bacewa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]BaceA ranar 14 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1931, Vera ta bar gidanta a 22 Blenheim Crescent da karfe 4:30 na yamma don tafiya kusan yadudduka hamsin zuwa gidan kawunta, Minnie, wacce ke zaune a lamba 70 Blenheim crescent. Dalilin wannan gajeren tafiya shine tattara takaddun shaida guda biyu na yin iyo da aka ba ta amma ta tafi tare da kawunta a ranar da ta gabata. Lokacin da Vera ba ta dawo gida da karfe 5:30 na yamma ba, mahaifinta ya ziyarci kawunta, wanda ya sanar da shi cewa Vera ta tattara takardar shaidar yin iyo sannan ta bar gidanta da misalin karfe 4:45 na yamma, tana da niyyar komawa gida a kan lokaci don abincin dare. Bayan ya fara ziyartar gidajen dukkan abokan Vera da dangi da fatan 'yarsa za ta kasance tare da wani masani, Charles ya ziyarci ofishin 'yan sanda na Notting Hill don bayar da rahoton Vera kamar yadda ya ɓace a karfe 10:25 na yamma. [4][1] Tare da taimakon abokai da maƙwabta da yawa, iyayen Vera sun ci gaba da nemanta da yamma da safe. Kashegari, an rarraba bayanin jikin yaron tsakanin 'yan sanda na yankin kuma da yammacin 15 ga Disamba, an sanar da kafofin watsa labarai na yankin game da bacewarta.[4]
Ta hanyar bincike mai zurfi, masu bincike sun tabbatar da cewa a wani lokaci tsakanin karfe 5 zuwa 6 na yamma a ranar 14 ga watan Disamba, Vera ta yi magana da wata abokiyar makaranta yayin da ita (Vera) ta tsaya a waje da wani likitan da ke mahaɗar Blenheim Crescent da Portobello Road, kuma Vera ta sanar da abokiyarta game da niyyar sayen sabulu a kan sanannen nuni a bayan taga a matsayin kyautar Kirsimeti ga iyayenta. Abokin ya lura cewa Vera tana ɗauke da ambulaf a hannunta, wanda kawunta ta tabbatar wa masu bincike ya ƙunshi takardar shaidar yin iyo. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wannan ɗan gajeren tattaunawar, aboki ya bar Vera tsaye a gaban taga na likitan. Babu wani tabbacin gani na yaron - shi kaɗai ko tare da wani mutum - da za a iya kafa bayan wannan lokacin.[1] [5]
Bincike
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A ranar 16 ga watan Disamba wani mai ba da madara ya gano jikin Vera yana kwance a cikin wani yanki na shrubbery a cikin lambun gaba na 89 Addison Road, Kensington, kusa da Holland Park kuma kusan mil daya daga gidanta. Mai aikata laifin bai yi wani yunkuri mai tsanani ba don ɓoye jikin Vera, ban da yin ɗan gajeren ƙoƙari na jefa ƙananan ƙasa da ganye a kan gawar ta.[4] Wannan gaskiyar ta sa masu bincike suyi hasashen cewa an kashe Vera a kusa da wurin da aka gano jikinta, kuma mai aikata laifin ko dai ya zauna a cikin gida ko kuma yana da masaniya mai yawa game da yankin. Bugu da ƙari, an gano wani sashi da aka yi amfani da shi na bandeji na yatsa mai laushi don a sanya shi da ƙarfi a kan wuyan hannu na dama; an gano wannan shaidar ne kawai lokacin da aka motsa jikin Vera daga wurin aikata laifuka zuwa kabarin.[6]
Kimanin sa'o'i arba'in sun wuce tsakanin lokacin da aka ga Vera da rai da kuma gano ragowarta, duk da haka jikinta bai yi tsayi ba, kuma lalacewa ta ci gaba sosai, don haka yana nuna cewa an adana jikinta a cikin yanayi mai dumi tsakanin lokacin da za a ga ta da rai da gano jikinta.[4] Bugu da ƙari, ruwan sama ya yi yawa daga karfe 3 na yamma zuwa karfe 9 na yamma a ranar da ta gabata, kuma yanayin har yanzu yana da danshi da hazo, duk da haka tufafin Vera sun sha ruwa kaɗan, kuma kawai a wuraren da jikinta ya taɓa ƙasa a wurin da ta gano, wanda ya jagoranci masu bincike suyi cewa jikin yaron ba zai iya kasancewa a wurin da aka gano shi fiye da sa'o'i biyu ba.[7] Wannan ra'ayi ya tabbatar da shi ta hanyar wani mazaunin gidan wanda ya sanar da masu bincike cewa da jikin ya kasance a cikin shrubbery kafin karfe 7:50 na safe, ba za ta iya kasa lura da shi ba, kuma mai ba da madara, wanda ya ba da isar da shi a gida a karfe 5:30 na safe, kuma ya tabbatar da cewa jikin bai kwanta a wannan wuri ba a ziyarar farko da ya zuwa wurin.[4][1] [9]
Wani sanannen likitan cututtuka mai suna Sir Bernard Spilsbury ne ya bincika jikin Vera, wanda ya kammala cewa an yi mata fyade, sannan aka maƙure ta da hannu jim kadan bayan tabbatar da ganinta da rai. Jikinta ya sami rauni kuma an yi amfani da alamar da ke kan wuyanta ta hanyar ligature, kodayake wannan rauni a bayyane ya faru ne bayan mutuwa.[1] Spilsbury ta kuma tabbatar da cewa Vera ta mutu sama da sa'o'i ashirin da hudu kafin gano jikinta kuma cewa, kamar yadda aka tabbatar da yanayin lalacewar jikinta saboda lokacin da ya ɓace tsakanin bacewar ta da ganowa, jikinta ya kwanta a cikin yanayi mai dumi mafi yawan wannan lokacin. [1][1] Ya kuma gano alamun soot da ƙurar kwal a fuskar Vera, tare da yaduwar kyandir a wurare biyu a kusa da kafadarta ta dama [1] da wurare uku a kafadar rigar Vera.[1] Bugu da ƙari, Spilsbury ya yarda da ƙaddamarwar 'yan sanda ta farko cewa ɓangaren yatsa mai laushi da aka samo a kan wuyan hannu na Vera mai yiwuwa an cire shi daga hannun mai kisan ta yayin da ya ajiye jikinta a wurin aikata laifuka.[1] Daga baya aka gano kyandir ɗin kanta yana da bambanci ga duk kyandirori a cikin gidan Vera.[1]
Daidaitawar kyandir ɗin da aka gano a kan tufafin Vera, tare da ƙurar kwal, ya kai Spilsbury ga ƙarshe cewa ana iya ɓoye jikin yarinyar a cikin ko dai kwal ko cellar kafin a watsar da jikinta a Addison Road, kuma wannan shell ko cellar ba ta da hasken lantarki.[1]
Bincike
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Kisan Vera ya haifar da fushin jama'a sosai kuma 'yan sanda sun shirya aiki mai zurfi don kama mai kisan ta, suna gudanar da bincike mai zurfi daga ƙofa zuwa ƙofa a duk faɗin kusa da bacewar ta da ganowa da kuma kaddamar da roƙon kafofin watsa labarai ga jama'a don bayani. Fiye da mutane 1,000 za a yi musu tambayoyi game da kisan, kuma dubban shaidu da 'yan sanda suka samu a cikin binciken da suka biyo baya.[4]
Kamar yadda Vera yarinya ce mai jin kunya, masu bincike sun yi tunanin cewa wataƙila wani mutum da ta sani kuma ta amince da shi ne ya sace ta kuma ya kashe ta, kuma wannan mutumin ya ja hankalinta zuwa ɗakin dumi inda ya ci gaba da yi mata fyade da kashe ta kafin ya ajiye jikinta a cikin ɗakin kwal, kamar yadda aka nuna ta hanyar ƙurar kwal mai yawa a kan tufafinta. Wannan mutumin daga baya ya dawo da jikin Vera daga cellar kwal a ko jim kadan kafin asuba a ranar 16 ga watan Disamba kuma ya ci gaba da jigilar jikinta zuwa Addison Road, ba tare da saninsa ba ya cire bandeji na yatsa daga ƙaramin yatsa yayin da ya cire hannayensa daga ƙarƙashin hannayen yaron.[1] Wata Misis Margaret Key ta sanar da masu bincike cewa a misalin karfe 6:40 na safe a ranar 16 ga watan Disamba, ta lura da wani mutum wanda bayyanarsa ta dace da na wani mutumin yankin mai suna Percy Orlando Rush yana tura motar da ke dauke da babban kunshin da aka rufe da jan tebur-tushen da ke tafiya a kan hanyar Addison Road.[1]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Wilson 1992.
- ↑ "FreeBMD: Births: Mar. 1891". freebmd.org.uk. 19 September 2001. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ↑ Gaute 1991.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Oates 2009.
- ↑ One individual did state to investigators that at approximately 8:45 p.m. on 14 December he had seen a girl he believed to be Vera walking along Montpelier Road in the direction of Lansdowne Crescent. This man was able to accurately describe Vera's clothing, adding the fact she had been "swinging" her red beret in her hand.
- ↑ Butler 1973.
- ↑ Browne 1989.
- ↑ Oates 2009, p. 120.
- ↑ This occupant of 89 Addison Road would inform investigators she had left her home at approximately 7:50 a.m. on 16 December, and had seen nothing untoward in her front garden[8]