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The Two Men Became the Talk of a Historic Legal Mess, Then It Ended In Tragedy
The tragic case of Timothy John Evans
In 1953, a man was thrilled.
He had just moved into his new apartment in London. So he decided to do some renovations.
After pulling off a strip of wallpaper, he discovered a secret door at the bottom of the wall.
What he saw scared him for the rest of his life.
Also, the contents of this secret room would impact the legal system in the United Kingdom forever.
The First Man — Timothy Evans
Timothy John Evans was born on November 20th, 1924.
And, It’s no shock that his life played out the way it did.
Before he was even born, his father left his mother in poverty. She had no job. And with little money to her name, life for Timothy began in a poverty-stricken home.
Timothy struggled to learn how to speak properly. And when Timothy was eight years old, he contracted skin tuberculosis on the underside of his right foot.
The condition causes large painful blisters.
The blisters took very long to heal, even with treatment. So for a few years, Timothy missed…
