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Esther Soper-Exclusive Brethren Murdered - The Story Unfolds    Loving Mother & Grandmother beaten with a heavy bottle, then strangled with her own tights I want to kick off this post by making it clear that this is a more up-to-date blog that follows on from my original one looking into this case. Much of it will be similar but there are many new and interesting points Unsolved Murder of an Exclusive Brethren The most important factor here is that this dreadful murder was committed in 1976 and remains unsolved to this day. The original 1976 enquiry lasted some 7 months with many man-hours dedicated to it by some 80 officers of Devon & Cornwall Police. This is where things seem to really not make sense, in the many cases that I have studied there have usually been at least an arrest or two and definitely, people questioned about the crime, but not in the case of quiet unassuming Esther Soper.  Mrs Soper was a 51-year-old widow who didn't really associate much with other mem

  Why Has No Arrest Ever Been Made For This Cult Members' Murder 51-Year-old Esther Soper was a dedicated member of The Exclusive Brethren, she was found murdered with her own tights on New Years Day 1976  Updated 01/10/2020 Okay, following on from my recent blogs investigating the Exclusive Brethren aka The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, this is a story I came across that I feel just makes me ask so many questions. The murder of Esther Soper remains unsolved with no fresh clues decades on, but why?  Esther Soper was a much-loved mother and grandmother with apparently no enemies, yet she was killed in cold blood in her own home on New year's day 1976. This is a far more interesting and complex case than it first appears and I am absolutely satisfied that we can dismiss any theory of a robbery that went wrong. So let's take a look at what we know just from media reports then I will try to take things further.  The brutal murder of 51-year-old Esther Soper really shocked