by Richard Davies Davis

Created on: April 02, 2007   Last Updated: November 22, 2008

My perfect murder.

It's a perfect day to commit a murder. You are most welcome to accompany me as long as you don't try to interfere with my plans.
You see, it has been on my mind for more than twenty years, ever since I read a news story about a chap who killed his wife.
It was headline news for some weeks because there seemed to be no leads. Reporters referred to it as ' The perfect murder.' That was of course, until the murderer was arrested. But the idea stayed with me.

The perfect murder. Was it possible?

Over the years there have been many novels and movies that boast the perfect crime, but it seems that only in fiction do these crimes remain unsolved.

I know what you must be thinking? But I am really not a murderer. In fact, killing any living thing actually repulses me. No, what fascinates me is a murder that cannot be resolved.
There are a number of unsolved murders in other countries, especially the United States, which seems to be a violent country by nature, but here in England, killings are thankfully rare and still make headline news. To my mind that makes it a bigger challenge.

I have lived in London most of my adult life. I work a steady, uneventful job and make a moderately good living. However, I was raised in a small town, a suburb of London and that is where I am going to achieve murder.
I spent my youth in that town and know all the special places where only kids hangout and like so many English towns it has hardly changed over the years; A few more houses, even a supermarket, but otherwise it is much the same as I remember.

My first thought was to travel by public transport today, but that would entail a couple of buses, a train and the chance that somebody might remember me.
So I decided to drive my car. It is a newer model Ford and blends in nicely with the hundreds of other identical Fords on the roads. And I seem to be fortunate, because there's plenty of rain. A day for only the hardiest of pedestrians.

I always felt that one of the main reasons why murderers get caught is because of their prior police records. Once you acquire a record it remains with you forever, just a mouse-click away. It is virtually impossible to stay anonymous for very long in any civilized country.
As for my police record? It is, I am happy to report, non-existent. In all my years there has never been any incidents involving the police. I have never even been finger-printed. I am a model citizen.

It is Saturday evening and the streets are busy, but I am allowing plenty

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