Murder of Julie Pacey
Top: Victim Julie Pacey Bottom: 1994 police artist's impression of 'Overalls Man', the man believed to have murdered Pacey. At the time he was described as about 35, chubby, with a notably red face and with rough hands. He would likely be in his 60s as of 2023 | |
| Date | 26 September 1994 |
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| Time | Between 3:20 pm and 4:15 pm |
| Location | 30 Longcliffe Road, Grantham, England |
| Coordinates | 52°55′41″N 0°38′15″W / 52.92818°N 0.63757°W |
| Cause | Strangulation |
| Motive | Not fully known, although victim was sexually assaulted |
The murder of Julie Pacey (1955/1956 – 26 September 1994) is an unsolved murder of a mother in her own home in Grantham, England on Monday 26 September 1994. 38-year-old Pacey was found strangled to death with a cord in her first-floor bathroom by her 14-year-old daughter on her return home from school. The prime suspect, 'Overalls Man', was seen by numerous witnesses in the vicinity of Pacey's home in the days around the murder, and had appeared at Pacey's home when she was alone three days previously. Although she had been sexually assaulted, investigators do not know why she was apparently targeted in what appeared to be a pre-planned attack.
The case has twice featured on Crimewatch. The actor who played the role of the killer in the Crimewatch reconstruction was investigated as a suspect in September 2015 after the 1994 appeal was re-shown, as some viewers who had watched the appeal mistakenly called in to report him as the killer.
Publicity on the case returned in 2015 after a full DNA profile of the killer was created. As the killer's DNA did not have any matches on the UK National DNA Database, police continue to appeal to the public to come forward with information.