Karen Reed
CASE SUMMARY
In 1994, Karen Reed was enjoying a quiet evening at her home in Woking, sharing a glass of wine with a friend, when a knock came at the door. On the step stood a man holding a pizza box. After confirming her address, he raised a gun and shot her dead. The execution was quick, clinical, and unmistakably professional.
But soon detectives uncovered a chilling twist: the killer had targeted the wrong woman. The true mark was her sister — whose husband had recently been convicted of arranging the assassinations of two men connected to the Chechen government, in a web of arms deals, espionage, and former KGB operatives.
What followed was one of Surrey Police’s most complex murder inquiries: a case of mistaken identity, international intrigue, and a contract killer who slipped away without a trace.
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