Why Rachel Nickell's Murder Took 16 Years To Solve

Part-time model Rachel Nickell, 23, was walking through Wimbledon Common on a summer’s day in July 1992 when she was sexually assaulted and stabbed 49 times.No one saw what happened, though her distraught two-year-old son Alex was later found by a dog walker clinging to her blood-soaked body.Thus began one of the most error-strewn investigations carried out by London’s Met Police - a case which was finally resolved 16 years later.Detectives have since been forced to admit they c