biography
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Lucan, Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of
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known as Lord Lucan
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| British aristocrat, and alleged murderer. He disappeared following events on the evening of 7 November 1974, when police found the body of the Lucan family's nanny, Sandra Rivett, in a mail-bag in the basement of Lady Lucan's house. Lady Lucan told police that she had gone downstairs to find the nanny when a man, whom she identified as her estranged husband, had attacked her, claiming that he had mistaken the nanny for her and had killed her. The police failed to trace Lucan, who had amassed large gambling debts and who had fought for and lost custody of his children. In June 1975 the coroner's jury charged Lord Lucan with the murder. Speculation about Lucan's whereabouts and about events that night continues to this day. |
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