He was the tall, darkly handsome, and Eton-educated aristocrat with a penchant for fast cars and high-stakes gambling - once considered so dashing, he was even on a short list to play the famous role of James Bond in the 007 movies.
But beneath the veneer of gentility lay a sinister side to John Bingham, the seventh Earl of Lucan.
On the 7th of November in 1974, he exploded in rage and bludgeoned his three children's nanny Sandra Rivett, 29, to death with a lead pipe in the dark basement of the family's London mansion, before also attacking his estranged wife, Lady Veronica Lucan.
FUGITIVE LORD
He fled from the gruesome scene of the crime, driving to a friend's house in East Sussex, with his car later found abandoned in the seaside town of Newhaven, its interior stained with blood and a lead pipe similar to the one used to kill Sandra in the car's boot.
This would be the last confirmed sighting of the fugitive killer, who vanished without a trace despite a massive police hunt. It was also the beginning of a 48-year mystery that may have finally been solved in, of all places, Brisbane, Australia.
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