William Crouch

William Crouch murdered his wife Frances Elizabeth in Marylebone who throat he cut with a razor. He said that he had been conviced by a woman that his wife had been unfaithful. They had already partially seperated because of his bad conduct but she continued to visit him and mend his clothes.

William Crouch lodged at a hous at 4 Little Marylebone Street. William Crouch and Frances Elizabeth had been married for just under 2 years. Frances Elizabeth had been to his lodgings that evening and was in her room with their child. William Crouch returned and asked the landlady if Frances Elizabeth was back and she said that she was and that she was upstairs but he would have to wait until the stairs dried before he could go up which he did. The landlady noted that whilst he waited he was singing the song 'Fare thee well, love. im goin', but he stopped as he went up the stairs. As he got to the room the landlady heard the girl cry out 'mother mother' and she went upstairs to see William Crouch wiping clean his razor