We have recorded at least 106 UK women and girls aged 13 and over who have been killed in circumstances in which a man or men are primary suspect in 2024:

1. 1 January 2024: Keotshepile ‘Naso’ Isaacs, 33, was found dead at her home in North Berwick, East Lothian. Her husband Mompati Dodo Isaacs, 37, is charged with her murder.   
2. 3 January 2024: Tia Simmonds, 32, was drugged and stabbed to death by her husband at their home in Lewisham. Her husband, Shane Simmonds, 38, was convicted of her murder. He was also convicted of two counts of rape in relation to a separate woman. He received a life sentence with a minimum of 32 years.
3. 4 January 2024: Mayawati Bracken, 56, was stabbed to death in her car near her home in Berkshire. Her 18-year-old son, Julian Bracken, was hit by a train nearby and died at the scene. Police have linked the incidents and are not looking for anyone else in connection with either death. 
4. 5 January 2024: Alison McLaughlin, 53, and her husband Neil McLaughlin, 57, were found dead at a property in Greenock, Inverclyde. Police are treating Alison’s death as murder and her husband’s as non-suspicious. Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with their deaths.
5. 16 January 2024: Leila Young, 33, was stabbed to death when taking steps to leave her abusive boyfriend, Tony Currant, 33, at their home in Bexley. Their children were in the next room. Tony Currant has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to 21 years minimum.
6. 19 January 2024: Kanticha Sukpengpanao, 36, was visiting her nieces Jasmin Kuczynska, 12 and Natasha Kuczynska, 8, when they were stabbed to death at a property in Norwich. The girl’s father Bartlomiej Kuczynski, 45, was also found dead. Police are treating the deaths of Kanticha, Jasmin and Natasha as murder and Bartlomiej as non-suspicious. Police are not looking for anyone else in connection. 
7. 19 January 2024: Tara Kersaw, 33, was strangled to death at her home in Great Yarmouth by her partner, Adam Bernard. He had arrested on suspicion of assaulting Tara the day before, with no further action taken. Adam Bernard, 41, was convicted of her murder.
8. 26 January 2024: Claudia Kambanza, 22, was stabbed on a street in Hull. She died a short time later. Her partner, Mateus Johannes, 28, has been charged with murder and possession of a bladed article. 
9. 9 February 2024: Michele Romano, 68, was found with serious injuries at her son’s home in Chelmsford. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her son, Sebastian Compton, 47, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
10. 11 February 2024: Claire Leveque, 24, Was found dead at a property in Shetland. Aren Pearson, 39, has been charged with murder.
11. 12 February 2024: Samantha (Sam) Varley, 44, was found dead at her home in Leeds from multiple injuries caused by a sustained attack. Her partner, Warren Spence, 54, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in prison.
12. 18 February 2024: Christine (Chrissie) Everett-Hickson, 21, was beaten to death at her flat in Derbyshire. Her boyfriend, Kain Tailby, 30, has been convicted of murder. He was sentenced to a minimum of 16 years and 10 months.
13. 23 February 2024: Paramjit Gosal-Gill, 40, suffered serious injuries at a property in Beaconsfield. Paul Gill, 39, has been charged with murder.
14. 23 February 2024: Suratchanee ‘Lat’ Parks, 53, was killed with the use of a hammer by her husband, Richard Parks, 53. The inquest concluded that he then killed himself. Their bodies were found in their home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
15. 2 March 2024: Wendy Frances, 61, was beaten and stabbed to death at her home in Worcester. Her adult daughter was also beaten and survived. Damien Homer, 50, who was Wendy’s adult daughter’s partner, has been convicted of murder and attempted murder. He was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years.
16. 3 March 2024: Christine Bauld, 55, was stabbed to death outside her home by her son. Gregor Bauld, 23, pleaded guilty to manslaughter with diminished responsibility. He was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 13 years and eight months. He is detained in a secure hospital and moved to prison when he no longer needs treatment.
17. 18 March 2024: Lisa Paris, 54, was found dead in a property in Rendle Street, Plymouth. Mark Anthony Fitzgerald, 61, has been charged with murder.
18. 20 March 2024: Zhe Wang, 31, was stabbed to death in a house in Deptford, south-east London. Joshua Michals, 24, has been charged with murder.
19. 20 March 2024: Pauline Sweeney, 50, was stabbed to death in her home in Coventry by her ex-partner, William Brady, 57. He was sentenced to minimum of 19 years for her murder.
20. 20 March 2024: Ursula Uhlemann, 80, was found dead at a property in Queenspark, London. A provisional cause of death is given as compression to the neck. Her partner, Steven Clark, 50, is charged with her murder. 
21. 22 March 2024: Carol Matthews, 73, was smothered to death by her husband, Peter Matthews, 79, at their home in Stoke-on-Trent. Peter Matthews was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years for her murder.
22. 22 March 2024: Tiffany Render, 34, was killed by her boyfriend at his property in Whitehaven, Cumbria. She was subjected to repeated blunt-force trauma and rapid blood loss during the attack. Paul Irwin, 50, has been convicted of murder and sexual assault. He has been sentenced to a minimum of 32 years.
23. 29 March 2024: Jillian Hughes, 57, from Merseyside, was punched in the neck by her partner during a holiday on the Isle of Man. John Meadows, 53, was convicted of manslaughter.
24. 30 March 2024: Francis Dwyer, 48, was found at a property in Tile Cross, West Midlands. Anthony Hoey, 49, has been charged with murder. He is further charged with theft, aggravated vehicle taking and driving a motor vehicle taken without the owner’s consent.
25. 30 March 2024: Ruth Baker, 48, was strangled to death by her partner, at his home, Tempest Road, in Leeds. George Chalmers, 53, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 17 years and six months. He was also convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm (ABH) from a previous attack on Ms. Baker in November 2023.
26. 2 April 2024: Sarah Mayhew, 38, was killed and her body dismembered in a residential address in south-west London. Steve Samson, 44, pleaded guilty to murdering and perverting the course of justice. Three charges of making indecent images of children were left on[KE1]  file. Samson was released from a life sentence in 2019 for the murder of a taxi driver in 1998.  Gemma Saundercock/Watts, 48, is also charged with murder and perverting the course of justice.
27. 6 April 2024: Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche, 25, was found dead inside a car in Hackney. Gogoa Tope, 27, has been charged with her murder.
28. 6 April 2024: Kulsuma Akter, 27, was stabbed in a street in Bradford city centre as she was shopping with her baby and her friend. Her husband, Habibur Masum, 25, is charged with her murder and possession of a bladed article. 
29. 14 April 2024: Samantha Mickleburgh, 54, was found dead at the Pennyhill Park Hotel in Surrey. Her partner, James Cartright, 60, has been charged with murder and controlling and coercive behaviour.
30. 19 April 2024: Rachel McDaid, 53, was strangled with a boot lace at her home in Nottingham by her estranged husband. Michael McDaid, 60, was convicted of her murder.
31. 20 April 2024: Dora Leese, 77, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds at her home in Meir Park, Staffordshire. Her husband Peter Leese, 78, was found dead beside her. The police are not looking for anyone else in connection.
32. 24 April 2024: Lisa Welford, 49, was pulled out of the River Derwent. She was taken to hospital and later pronounced dead. Her partner, Vincent Morgan, 47, had a history of domestic abuse towards Lisa. He was convicted of her murder and sentenced to a minimum of 21 years.  
33. 25 April 2024: Karen O’Leary, 63, suffered multiple stab wounds at her home in Leeds. Her husband, Dennis O’Leary, 61, was also found dead. Police believe Karen was the victim of a ‘domestic-related murder’. They are not looking for anyone else in connection with either death.  
34. 5 May 2024: Sonia Parker, 51, was beaten to death by her partner at their home in Edenbridge, Kent. Huseyin Kalyoncu, 33, has been convicted of murder. She had suffered at least 69 marks and 19 fractures to her body. He has been sentenced to 19 years minimum.
35. 6 May 2024: Tarnjeet Riaz, 44, was found dead at an address in Leicester. Raj Sidpara, 50, is charged with murder.
36. 8 May 2024: Karen Youdell, 50, died from the injuries from 23 July 2023. She was repeatedly jumped on and beaten, including with a blunt instrument by her ex-partner, in his garden in Newton Heath, Manchester. Dean Johnstone, 43 has been convicted of Karen’s murder and non-fatal strangulation of his current partner. He was sentenced to a minimum of 17.5 yrs.
37. 9 May 2024: Anita Mukhey, 66, was stabbed at a bus stop in Edgeware. Jalal Debella, 22, is charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon.
38. 13 May 2024: Bhajan Kaur, 76, was killed at her home, by her son, in Leicester.  Sindeep Singh, 47, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 31 years.
39. 15 May 2024: Kat Parton, 34, was found with serious head injuries at in address in Belfast. Jamie Love, 23, is charged with murder, aggravated by reason of domestic abuse.
40. 17 May 2024: Emma Finch, 96, was found dead after a house fire in Liss, Hampshire. Joshua Powell, 26, is charged with murder.
41. 21 May 2024: Margaret Parker, 78, was pronounced dead following a disturbance at a property in Edinburgh. Her son, Daniel Parker, 36, has been charged with her murder and the attempted murder of two other women, aged 55 and 42.
42. 24 May 2024: Amie* Gray, 34, was stabbed to death on a beach in Bournemouth by a stranger. Her friend, Leanne Miles, 38, was taken to hospital with serious stab wounds and survived. Nasen Saadi, 20, was convicted of murder and attempted murder, sentenced to a minimum of 39 years. *Amiee on sentencing remarks
43. 28 May 2024: Maria Nugara, 54, was killed at her home in Essex by her husband. Her son, (his stepson) Giuseppe Morreale, 29, was also killed. She had taken steps to divorce her husband. Maria’s husband, Calogero Ricotta, 63, has been convicted of the murders and sentenced to a minimum of 34 years.
44. In June 2024: June Henty, 77, died from her injuries sustained on December 23 2023 at Dickson Park, Wickham. Adam Wright, 38 has been charged with her murder.
45. 2 June 2024: Patsy Aust, 81, was found dead at a house in Bangor, County Down. Her brother, Jim Moore, 85, is charged with her murder.
46. 9 June 2024: Chitsidzo Chinyanga, known as Veronica, 42, was taken to hospital following a disturbance at a house in West Lothian. She later died. Kasikai Chinyanga, 46, has been charged with murder.
47. 18 June 2024: Delia Haxworth, 85 was suffocated to death at the home she shared with her husband, in Bath. Her husband, William Haxworth, 87 was found unfit to stand trial. The trial of facts found he killed Delia, unlawfully.
48. 21 June 2024: Joanne Ward, 53 was stabbed to death by her husband, at their home in Rotherham. Laurence Ward, 57, has been convicted of manslaughter by way of loss of control. He has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison.
49. 23 June 2024: Rita Fleming, 70, was found dead in an overflowing bath at her home in Kensington. Her partner, Clifford Cowen, 57, is charged with her murder.
50. 25 June 2024: Lauren Evans, 22, was found dead at a property in Hednesford, Staffordshire. A man was dead beside her, Daniel Duffield, 24. Police are treating her death as murder and are not looking for anyone else in connection.
51. 27 June 2024: Maxine Clark, 36, was found beaten to death at a property in Glasgow. Mark Keel, 32, is charged with murder.
52. 1 July 2024: Joanne Samak, 49, died of serious injuries at her home in Droitwich. Her husband, Mohammed Samak, 42, is charged with her murder.
53. 5 July 2024: Sophie Evans, 30, was strangled to death at her home in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. Richard Jones, 49, who was the father of Sophie’s boyfriend, has been convicted of murder and given a minimum of 20 years.
54. 5 July 2024: Scarlett Vickers, 14, was pronounced dead at a property in Darlington. She died of a stab wound. Her father, Simon Vickers, 49, has been convicted for her murder and sentenced to a minimum of 16 years.
55. 10 July 2024: Carol Hunt, 61, and her two daughters Louise Hunt, 25, and Hannah Hunt, 28, were killed at their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire. She had been stabbed to death. Kyle Clifford, 26, Louise’s ex-partner, has been convicted of 3 counts of murder, rape, false imprisonment, possession of offensive weapons. He has been given a whole life term in prison.
56. 10 July 2024: Louise Hunt, 25, and her sister Hannah Hunt, 28, were killed via crossbow and mother Carol Hunt, 61, was stabbed to death at their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Kyle Clifford, 26, Louise’s ex-partner, has been convicted of 3 counts of murder, the rape of louise, false imprisonment, possession of offensive weapons. He has been given a whole life term in prison.
57. 10 July 2024: Hannah Hunt, 28, and her sister Louise Hunt, 25, were killed via crossbow and mother, Carol Hunt, 61, was stabbed to death at their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Kyle Clifford, 26, Louise’s ex-partner, has been convicted of 3 counts of murder, rape, false imprisonment, possession of offensive weapons. He has been given a whole life term in prison.
58. 19 July 2024: Jenny Sharp, 80, was found dead at the home she shared with her husband in Tolworth. Her husband, Alan Sharp, 80, has been charged with her murder.
59. 22 July 2024: Alana Odysseos, 32, was found with stab injuries at a property in Deptford. She died at the scene. Her ex-partner, Shaine March, 44, is charged with her murder.
60. 22 July 2024: Laura Robson, 37, was found with serious injuries at a house in Gateshead. Ben Hughes, 38, has been charged with her murder.
61. 24 July 2024: Anita Rose, 57, was found unconscious on a path in Brantham, Suffolk. She had been badly beaten and died in hospital four days later. A stranger, Roy Barclay, 55, has been convicted of murder.
62. 29 July 2024: Rebecca (Beckii) Simkin, 31, was killed in a violent assault by Wayne Bond, 44, at his flat in Stafford, Staffordshire. Wayne Bond, 44, has been convicted of her murder.
63. 30 July 2024: Olivia Wood, 29 was found dead at a property in Frome, Somerset. Keiron Goodwin, 32, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 35 years for her murder and 15 other offences against her and three other women.
64. 6 August, 2024: Courtney Mitchell, 26, has been stabbed to death in a busy Ipswich street. Her ex-boyfriend, Logan Burnett, 27, has been convicted of murder. He was sentenced to minimum of 24 years.
65. 17 August 2024: Nina Denisova, 39, was stabbed to death at a property in Kent. Ernesto Juska, 20, is charged with murder and a sexual offence on a deceased woman’s body.
66. 18 August 2024: Alberta Obinim,43, has been stabbed to death at an address in Gorton, Manchester. Alberta’s daughter, 17, and man, 64 also suffered serious injuries during the attack. A man of 22-years was detained under the Mental Health Act.
67. 18 August 2024: Sophie Watson, 57, was found stabbed to death at a property in Magherafelt, Londonderry. Andrzej Pajaczkowski, 43, is charged with her murder.
68. 18 August 2024: Stephanie Marie, 19, was found with stab wounds in a car park at Crawley train station. Her partner Jason Pascal Flore, 26, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 21 years.
69. 20 August 2024: Vicki Thomas, 45, was strangled by her partner, at their home in Cardiff. Alcwyn Thomas, 44, has been convicted of her murder.
70. 21 August 2024: Bryonie Gawith, 29, 21 August 2024: Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her children, Denisty Birtle, 9, Oscar Birtle, 5, and Aubree Birtle, 22 months, were killed in a house fire in Bradford Mohammed Shabir, 44, & Calum Sunderland, 25, have been charged with their murders and attempted murder of Antonia Gawith.
71. 21 August 2024: Eve McIntyre, 57, was stabbed and beaten to death by her partner at their home in Gateshead, Northumbria. John Baldwin, 42, has been convicted of murder, and given a minimum of 18yrs and 162 days sentence.
72. 24 August 2024: Montserrat Martorell, 65, suffered multiple injuries in what police describe as a ‘horrific and sustained attack’. Her body was found in a burning flat in Derry. Ciaran Murray, 28. Has been charged with murder, rape and arson.
73. 25 August 2024: Cher Maximen, 32, was stabbed with a machete at Notting Hill Carnival in the middle of an altercation between two groups of men. Shakiel Thibou, 20, is charged with her murder. 
74. 26 August 2024: Brodie MacGregor, 23, was stabbed in the face, head and body with broken bottles at a property in Springburn. Alexander Brennan, 52, is charged with her murder.
75. 28 August 2024: Zanele Sibanda, 28, was stabbed to death in Tredworth, Gloucester. Tanaka Zivania, 32 has been charged with murder.
76. 31 August 2024: Davinia Graham, 67, was found fatally injured at an address in Cheltenham. Charles Graham, 77, is charged with her murder.
77. 31 August 2024: Sandra Squires, 82, was stabbed to death in her home in Southborough, Kent. Her grandson, unnamed, 24, died days later, after being arrested on suspicion of murder and the police are not looking for anyone else in connection to her death.
78. 6 September 2024: Barbara Nomakhosi, 35, was found dead with multiple injuries at a property in Bury. A man in his 40s, the only suspect in her death, died in a Collison with a lorry and a pedestrian in the M65. Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with her death.
79. 13 September 2024: Juliana Prosper, 48, her two children, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13, were killed at a flat in Luton, Bedfordshire. Nicholas Prosper, 18, her other son, has been charged with the murders.
80. 16 September 2024: Rachel Simpson, 43, was found dead inside a garage beside a property in Belfast. Her son, Nathan Simpson, 21, has been charged with murder.
81. 29 September 2024: An unnamed woman in her 70s was found with injuries an address in Birmingham. She was taken to hospital but died of her injuries. Her son, Surjit Kaulam, 38, is charged with murder. 
82. 1 October 2024: Mary Ward, 22, was found dead at her home in Melrose Street, South Belfast. Ahmed Abdirahman, 31, has been charged with her murder.
83. 5 October 2024: Christine Jefferies, 72 was found dead by gunshot wounds at her home in Trowbridge, Cardiff. Her husband, Stephen Jefferies, 74 was also found dead. Police are treating her death as murder, as his death as self-inflicted.
84. 8 October 2024: An unnamed woman in her 70s was found dead at a property in Rugby. Surendra Patel, 78, is charged with her murder.
85. 9 October 2024: Mashal Ilyas, 24, was killed via asphyxiation, by her father-in-law, at their home in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Nadeem Muhammed Begum, 52, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to 18 years minimum.  
86. 20 October 2024: Luka Bennett-Smith, 19, died of multiple stab wounds at a property in Bristol. A boy of 16-years has been charged with her murder.
87. 23 October 2024: Rhiannon Skye Whyte, 27, died in hospital after being stabbed at a train station in Walsall on 20 October 24. Deng Chol Majek, 18, is charged with her murder.
88. 24 October 2024: Catherine Flynn, 69, also known as Cathy, was attacked at her home in Rhyl, Wales and died shortly after in hospital. She was stamped on at least 15 times. Dean Mark Albert Mears, 33, has been convicted of her murder, and sentenced to 28 yrs minimum.
89. 29 October 2024: Sandie Butler, 40, was assaulted and killed in Glasgow city centre. James McCrindle, 53, is charged with murder.
90. 10 November 2024: Harshita Brella, 24 and living in Corby, was strangled to death and found inside a car boot in Ilford. Her husband, Pankaj Lamba, 23, fled the country and has been charged with murder, rape, sexual assault and controlling or coercive behaviour.
91. 11 November 2024: Cheryl McKenna, 44, was found with fatal stab wounds at a home in Redditch. Chris Hemming, 46, is charged with murder.
92. 14 November 2024: Harshita Brella, 24, was found dead in the boot of a car in Ilford, East London. Police believe that she was killed by her husband Pankaj Lamba, who fled to India and is still on the run. (November 2025).
93. 15 November 2024: Carol James, 81, was found with serious injuries at a property in Bexleyheath. She died at the scene. Brian James, 81, has been charged with murder.
94. 18 November 2024: Phoenix Spencer-Horn, 21, was found dead in a flat in Lanarkshire. A 26-year-old man has been charged over her death.
95. 26 November 2024: Kristine Sparane, 37, was found dead at her home in Spalding, Lincolnshire. Brian Simpson, 64, has been charged with her murder.
96. 26 November 2024: Alana Armstrong, 25, was killed in a crash whilst on an e-bike. Another man on the e-bike was injured also. Keaton Muldoon, 23, was charged with murder and attempted murder.
97. 29 November 2024: Margaret Cunningham, 57, was found with stab wounds at a property in Rotherhithe, London. She died in hospital. Her brother, Andrew Cunningham, 61, is charged with her murder.
98. 10 December 2024: Margaret Hanson, 84, was found dead at her home in Galashiels, Scotland. Her Husband, John Hanson, also 84, has been charged with her murder.
99. 10 December 2024, Astra Sirapina, 62 was killed at a house in Coventry. Arturs Putrasevics, 39, has been charged with her murder.
100. 14 December 2024: Karen Cummings, 40, was found dead with serious injuries in a house in Banbridge, Northern Ireland. Glenn King, 32 and Kevin McGuigan Jr, 42, have been charged with murder.
101. 14 December 2024: Mariann Borocz, 55, was last seen alive. A stranger, Christopher Barlow, 61, killed Mariann at his home, and hid her body in his shed, in Bolton, Greater Manchester. He has been convicted of her murder and awaiting his sentence.
102. 14 December 2024: Michelle Sadio, 44, was killed in a drive-by shooting outside a church in Harlesden, NW London. Three men,  Tahjin Sommersall, 18, Shaquille Sutherland, 25, and Perry Allen-Thomas, 26, have all been charged with murder.
103. 19 December 2024: Gemma Devonish, 42, was found dead and with stab wounds at an address in Carshalton, South London. Her boyfriend, James Madden, 38, has been charged with her murder.
104. 25 December 2024: Joanne Pearson, 38 was stabbed to death at home in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. Teohna Grant, 24 was also killed. A man and teenaged boy were also seriously injured and a dog was killed. Her partner, Jazwell Brown, 49 has been convicted of double murder, double attempted murder and received a minimum of 39 years.
105. 25 December 2024: Teohna Grant, 24 was stabbed to death at her home in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. Joanne Pearson, 38, was also killed. A man and teenaged boy were also seriously injured and a dog was killed. Her neighbour, Jazwell Brown, 49 has been convicted of double murder, double attempted murder and received a minimum of 39 years.
106. 31 December 2024: Heather Newton, 70, was found dead alongside her husband, Michael Newton, 76, who had hanged himself. They were discovered at their home in Poole, Dorset. Police are not looking for anyone else in connection to Heather’s death.

Please let me know if you have information regarding the deaths of any other women/girls (aged 13 and over) not included in the list above and where a man/men is/are the primary suspects in the UK or UK women killed abroad in 2024.

Post updated 4 September 2025.