Researching John Cannan
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The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Cannan on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Cannan and the Cannan Family Tree
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on John Cannan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Cannan
John Cannan
John David Guise Cannan (born 20 February 1954) is a British murderer, serial rapist, serial abductor and suspected serial killer. Cannan, a former car salesman, was convicted in July 1988 of murder and multiple sexual offences, abductions and attempted abductions. He was given three life sentences for the murder of Shirley Banks in Bristol in October 1987, the attempted kidnapping of Julia Holman on the previous night, the rape of a woman in Reading, Berkshire in 1986, the rape of his girlfriend in December 1980 and several other abductions, attempted abductions and sexual offences.
Cannan is the only suspect in the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh who had an appointment in July 1986 to meet a man calling himself 'Mr Kipper' and has not been seen since. In November 2002, the Crown Prosecution Service decided that there was insufficient evidence to charge him. That month, however, Scotland Yard held a press conference at which, in a rare move, officers named him as the man they believe murdered Lamplugh.
Cannan will be eligible for release in 2022. Cannan has previously indicated that he may only confess to the murder of Lamplugh when his mother dies, to avoid causing her further grief.
Source: John Cannan, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cannan
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