Ethel Le Neve

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Ethel Clara Neave (b 22 January 1883 in Diss, Norfolk, d 1967) was the mistress of Dr Crippen.

Oldest child of Walter William Neave and Charlotte Anne Neave (nee Jones),^[1] Ethel was hired as a a typist by Crippen in 1900^[2] and was his mistress by 1905.

After the murder of Crippen's wife, Cora, they fled the country on the SS Montrose where the couple aroused the suspicion of the ship's master who telegraphed their location to Scotland Yard who sent Chief Inspector Dew to arrest them on their arrival in Canada. Extradited back to England, she was exonerated of the charge of complicity to murder.

References

↑ "Ethel Le Neve alias Mrs Crippen, and Neave". Dr Crippen. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
↑ Wilkes, Roger. "Inside story: Last refuge for a killer's mistress". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

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Name	Le Neve, Ethel
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Short description	Mistress of Dr Crippen
Date of birth	22 January 1883
Place of birth
Date of death	1967
Place of death

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