Ratcliff Highway murders
Postmortem sketch of John Williams, supposed murderer | |
| Date | 7 and 19 December 1811 |
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| Location | Wapping, London, England, UK |
| Also known as | John Murphy |
| Outcome | Declared guilty after committing suicide in his prison cell, 28 December 1811 |
| Deaths | Timothy Marr, Celia Marr, Timothy Marr (3 mos.), James Gowan, John Williamson, Elizabeth Williamson, and Bridget Anna Harrington |
The Ratcliff Highway murders (sometimes Ratcliffe Highway murders) were two attacks on two separate families – the Marr and Williamson families – that resulted in seven fatalities. The two attacks occurred twelve days apart in December 1811, in homes located half a mile apart near the East End area of Wapping, London, England, United Kingdom. The main suspect in the slayings, John Williams, killed himself before he could be put on trial.