{"id":8351,"date":"2026-07-09T21:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-charged-with-murder-of-mum-of-seven-who-vanished-nearly-30-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:24:10","slug":"man-charged-with-murder-of-mum-of-seven-who-vanished-nearly-30-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/man-charged-with-murder-of-mum-of-seven-who-vanished-nearly-30-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with murder of mum-of-seven who vanished nearly 30 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_3d5bec\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Trevor Dunkley, 66, has been charged over the death of Patricia Lashley, who went missing from her flat in Dudley<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37412185\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412185.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_TRMRMMGLPICT000020159007.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412185.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_TRMRMMGLPICT000020159007.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412185.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_TRMRMMGLPICT000020159007.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37412185.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_TRMRMMGLPICT000020159007.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Mother-of-seven Patricia Lashley went missing from her flat in Dudley 27 years ago\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Mother-of-seven Patricia Lashley went missing from her flat in Dudley 27 years ago<cite aria-label=\"Image: Birmingham Post and Mail\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Birmingham Post and Mail)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man has been charged with the murder of a mother-of-seven who went missing from the West Midlands in 1998.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Trevor Dunkley, 66, was charged over the death of Patricia Lashley, who was last seen at her flat in Hall Street, Dudley, in September 1998, <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">West Midlands Police<\/a> said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He has been remanded into custody to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Monday, the force said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Officers are supporting Ms Lashley\u2019s family and have appealed for more information from anyone who knew the woman at the time of her disappearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ms Lashley \u2013 known to friends as Pat or Jade \u2013 was 33 when she disappeared and was known to have links to Newcastle, London, Wales and Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She also used the names Vanessa and Tricia as well as the surname Bradford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Officers said Ms Lashley moved to Dudley in the mid 1990s and frequented the No Limits club and other pubs in the area. It is understood she and Trevor Dunkley knew each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Detective Inspector Michelle Cordell said: \u201cWe want to hear from anyone who may have known or remembers meeting Patricia or Trevor Dunkley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe know she was fairly well-known in both Dudley town centre and Oldbury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIf anyone remembers anything or thinks they have any information which could help with our inquiries, please do not hesitate to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cEven if you already spoke to us at the time Patricia went missing, we still want to hear from you as we gather as much information as we can to help her family find some closure after nearly 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Anyone with more information can call 101 quoting log 3984 of July 7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/man-charged-murder-mum-seven-37412198\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trevor Dunkley, 66, has been charged over the death of Patricia Lashley, who went missing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0_TRMRMMGLPICT000020159007.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}