I first met Diane Lloyd-Hughes during research I was doing for a book on local murders. I invited her to accompany me to the site of a murder to see if she could tell me anything about it.

I did not tell her anything at all about the murder, and made an appointment on a Sunday for the following day. This was to cut down any research time she might have in an attempt to cull any information from past records.

I met her on the Monday in a public car park and then took her to the scene of the murder. Until we arrived she had no idea of the location, the victim or indeed when it occurred.

I took with me my portable tape recorder for two reasons. Firstly I wanted an accurate record of what was said, and secondly I wanted to be sure that I did not unconsciously prompt her in any way. The murder was a relatively unknown killing that took place in the 1920's I only discovered it by accident when I was researching the Greenwood case the same year.

We spent about two hours at the scene and Mrs Hughes accuracy was phenomenal. She not only identified the correct room, but also such details as bruising on the body, method of killing, what the victim was wearing and also a host of other facts that I am quite certain could not have been obtained through any other source than the source she claims.

I was also impressed that I have invited her to accompany me to the scenes of other murders and she has agreed. All the visits will be made under the same conditions, i.e.. no knowledge of where or when the incident took place, and every visit to be recorded for accuracy.

Yours sincerely  
R. B. Hinton